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Gender Inequality and Women Cancer
October 20 , 2023
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- The Lancet Global Health has released a report titled-“Women, Power and Cancer”.
- In 2020, approximately 5.3 million adults under the age of 70 died from cancer, with women accounting for 2.3 million of these deaths.
- These premature deaths resulted in a significant burden of 182.8 million years of life lost (YLLs).
- It will be accounting for 68.8% of the total YLLs from cancer across all age groups.
- Men experienced a higher proportion of preventable premature YLLs compared to women (70.3% for men vs. 65.2% for women).
- However, the proportion of treatable premature YLLs was higher for women than for men (34.8% for women vs. 29.7% for men).
- In 2020, approximately 1.3 million women of all ages died as a result of four major cancer risk factors: Tobacco, alcohol, obesity and infections.
- Nearly 63% of cancer deaths among women in India could have been prevented by reducing risk factors, screening, or early diagnosis.
- 37% of deaths could have been averted with appropriate and timely treatment.
- The top three cancers among women in India are Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancers.
- One woman dies from cervical cancer every eight minutes.
- Due to the Gender Inequity in cancer care, a woman's health concerns were dismissed or ignored.
- Women are less likely to be in a position of power and may face difficulty in determining their care due to gender bias and discrimination.
- The value of unpaid cancer care-giving by women is about 3.66 of India’s national health expenditure.
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