Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2020
Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage
This sixth edition of Health at a Glance Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health care expenditure and financing and quality of care across 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories. It also provides a series of dashboards to compare performance across countries and territories, and a thematic analysis on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Asia/Pacific health systems. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, it builds on the format used in previous editions of Health at a Glance, and gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations and the performance of health systems in these countries and territories. Each of the indicators is presented in a user-friendly format, consisting of charts illustrating variations across countries and territories and over time, brief descriptive analyses highlighting the major findings conveyed by the data, and a methodological box on the definition of the indicators and any limitations in data comparability. An annex provides additional information on the demographic and economic context in which health systems operate.
Incidence, survival and mortality for lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the Asia-Pacific region, and the second most common cancer among women, after breast cancer. In 2018, 1.2 million people were diagnosed with lung cancer and it was the commonest cause of death from cancer (slightly over 1 million deaths) in the region (IARC, 2020[22]). The main risk factors for lung cancer include tobacco smoking and environmental factors (such as air pollution). Other factors include passive smoking, occupational or residential exposure to radon, arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, cadmium, coal and coke fumes, silica or nickel, and a family history of lung cancer.
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