Telling Numbers: Growth of pancreatic cancer tied with longer lifespans

For India, the death rate due to pancreatic has increased by over five times, from 6,887 in 1990 to 30,426 in 2017, while incidence has increased from 6,824 cases to 29,059.

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According to the findings, alcohol use, smoking and diets low in calcium, milk and fibre had a considerable burden on males. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 for pancreatic cancer, published in The Lancet on Monday, found that this form of cancer, once rare, is now a growing cause of cancer mortality worldwide. From 1,96,000 incidences in 1990, these rose to 4,41,000 in 2017.