In the EU, the standardised death rate for cancer was 235.4 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2021, lower than the rate for circulatory diseases, but higher than the rate for other causes of death, including COVID-19.
In Latvia, the cancer death rate was 283.5 per 100 000 inhabitants, behind only Croatia (308.2) and Hungary (309.9).
However, Latvia’s figure is shaped by the large difference between the rates for women (205.6) and men (435.8). The figure for men is the highest in the EU, with only Estonia (412.1) and Hungary (415.0) also recording a rate in excess of…
