Why are cancer rates lower in Bolivia than in the US?

They aren't. When you look at age-matched cancer rates, Bolivia is no better than the US, and probably quite a bit worse. read more

When you look at age-matched cancer rates, Bolivia is no better than the US, and probably quite a bit worse. Here's a chart showing age-standardised cancer mortality rates across the world; Bolivia is in AmrD (Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru), which has a significantly higher mortality rate than AmrA (Canada, United States Of America). read more

For example, “overall cancer rates are much lower in India than in western countries.” U.S. men get 23 times more prostate cancer than men in India. Americans get between 8 and 14 times the rate of melanoma, 10 to 11 times more colorectal cancer, 9 times more endometrial cancer, 7 to 17 times more lung cancer, 7 to 8 times more bladder cancer, 5 times more breast cancer, and 9 to 12 times more kidney cancer. read more

The American Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in France are planning to issue a report on the same data in the coming weeks. The U.S. ranks 10th in the world for cancers in men and 8th for cancer in women, the report shows. read more