Data from the World Health Organization shows 9.6 million people worldwide will die of cancer this year.

Figures of countries with the highest rate of cancer in the world is revealed dubbed World cancer league table.

People in Australia and New Zealand get cancer than in any other country.

Nigeria have 103.8 Estimated cancer cases per 100,000 people in 2018

Rates are lower in African and Asian countries but patients are more likely to die there because of poorer healthcare.

Worldwide, one in five men and one in six women will develop cancer at some point during their lifestyle, and it is expected to become the leading cause of death.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, this week ranked 185 countries by how many cases of cancer they have.

And the figures come as the global health watchdog predicts there will be 18 million new diagnoses of cancer in 2018 and 9.6 million people will die of it.

The cancer threat has risen by 28 per cent since the 14 million cases and eight million deaths predicted in 2012, when the IARC data was last updated.


Australia has the highest proportion of cancer cases
The IARC calculates its figures by creating estimates based on countries' most recent cancer data collected by hospitals.

All the 10 countries with the highest levels of the disease are in Australasia, Europe or North America, while the 10 lowest are in Africa and Asia.

Experts say that despite improving treatments and early diagnosis, cancer is still on the rise because people are living longer and making unhealthy life choices.

Eating unhealthy diets with processed foods, not exercising, drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco are all major – but avoidable – causes of cancer.

[b]10 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST CANCER RATES IN THE WORLD
[/b]Ranked by estimated new cases per 100,000 people in 2018:


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