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World Cancer Death Clock

Cancer is a major killer and is among the top ten causes of death in the high income countries. Find out the number of people dying in the world at any given moment due to cancers using the World Cancer Death Clock.

Estimated number of deaths due to cancer this year as on Monday, May 28, 2012

Annual Cancer Deaths
Per Year	6202080
Per Month	516840
Per Day	16992
Per Hour	708
Per Minute	11.8

Leading Causes of Death in the High-Income Countries:
Disease	Deaths in millions	% of deaths
Ischaemic heart disease	1.42	15.6%
Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease	0.79	8.7%
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers	0.54	5.9%
Alzheimer and other dementias	0.37	4.1%
Lower respiratory infections	0.35	3.8%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.35	3.8%
Colon and rectum cancers	0.30	3.3%
Diabetes mellitus	0.24	2.6%
Hypertensive heart disease	0.21	2.3%
Breast cancer	0.17	1.9%

Source: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index.html

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