Men and cancer
Even though less than half of the Australian population are men, more men than women are diagnosed with cancer each year.
In 2008 in Australia, 56,158 men were diagnosed with cancer and 22,017 men died from this disease. This means that 20 percent more men than women are diagnosed with cancer and 30 percent more die from it each year.
Men have a one in two chance of developing cancer before age 85 compared with a one in three chance for women.
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