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Barsha Halder, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
In India, non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, are becoming major public health issues. After, cardiac diseases, cancer has become a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the country. According to WHO, India had an estimated 1.16 million new cancer cases in 2018, with one in every ten Indians developing cancer at any point in their lives. Age is the greatest risk factor for developing cancer. This paper aims to measure the prevalence of cancer among adults aged 45 and above using LASI, wave-1 data. According to the studies, in India, the prevalence of cancer is much higher in rural areas than urban. The prevalence of breast and endometrial cancer is highest among females in urban areas (2.03 and 1.9 per 1000). The prevalence of kidney and colon cancer is higher in males than in females (0.24 and 0.49 per 1000). Richer and richest segments of the community have substantially higher prevalence rate of cancer than the other segments of the community. The western region has reported more number of breast cancer cases. Cancer patients are more likely to have poor health. They perceived to have poor health status (OR= 2.23), poor life satisfaction (OR=1.016) and quality of life (OR=0.75).
Keywords: Population geography, Age structure, Gender, Health and morbidity