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Industrial nations with the highest overall cancer rates include: U.S.A, Italy, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Canada and France. Developing countries with the lowest cancer were in Northern Africa Southern and Eastern Asia.

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# 1 Iceland: 39.4 per 100,000 females
# 2 Denmark: 30.4 per 100,000 females
= 3 Netherlands: 28.7 per 100,000 females
= 3 Belgium: 28.7 per 100,000 females
# 5 New Zealand: 28 per 100,000 females
# 6 Ireland: 27.5 per 100,000 females
# 7 Hungary: 26.6 per 100,000 females
# 8 United Kingdom: 26 per 100,000 females
# 9 Germany: 23.5 per 100,000 females
# 10 Canada: 22.6 per 100,000 females
# 11 Czech Republic: 22.2 per 100,000 females
# 12 Italy: 22 per 100,000 females
# 13 France: 21.7 per 100,000 females
# 14 Australia: 21.6 per 100,000 females
# 15 Austria: 21.5 per 100,000 females
# 16 Norway: 21.3 per 100,000 females
# 17 United States: 21.2 per 100,000 females
# 18 Luxembourg: 21 per 100,000 females
# 19 Spain: 19.5 per 100,000 females
# 20 Portugal: 19.3 per 100,000 females
# 21 Slovakia: 19.2 per 100,000 females
# 22 Sweden: 18.5 per 100,000 females
# 23 Finland: 18.1 per 100,000 females
# 24 Poland: 17.9 per 100,000 females
# 25 Greece: 16.8 per 100,000 females
# 26 Japan: 8.6 per 100,000 females

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In the United States, there were approximately 175,000 cases of breast cancer in 1999 with more than 43,000 deaths. Breast cancer accounts for 30% of all cancer diagnosed in American women and for 16% of all cancer deaths.

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The UK has the 12th highest rate of cancer with 260.5 cases per 100,000 people. The highest is Denmark with 326.1 cases per 100,000 people.

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13y ago

Korea(South). it is hard to get detailed info from the North. They also have the number one colon cancer per capita

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