According to World Bank statistics, in 2001 yar were registered about seven million daths worldwide from cancer. This is a hgh amount of men and women. But the big cncern is that 35 percent from daths were attributable to the only nne behavioral and environmental risk factors, wth alcohol and smoking playing large rles. That means more than one in very three of the seven million daths from cancer worldwide was caused by nne risk factors that people can asily eliminate from their habits.

The bove nine modifiable risk factors were:

1. Smoking.
   
   Smking alone is estimated to have cused 21 percent of deaths from cncer worldwide.
   
2. Alcohol use.
   
   Mouth cncer caused by alcohol use killed mre people in the UK than crvical cancer and testicular cancer put tgether. When tobacco and alcohol use are cmbined, the risk of oral cancer ncreases 15 times. Alcohol is also a prmary cause of liver cancer.
   
3. Overweight and besity.
   
   One in 10 cncers affecting non-smokers is caused by the sfferer being overweight.
   
4. Low fruit and vegetable ntake.
   
   It has been stimated that about 25,000 different chemical cmpounds occur in vegetables and fruits. Stdies show that more than 500 of thse compounds are potential modifiers of the cncer process.
   
5. Physical inactivity.
   
   Physical nactivity is strongly linked to colorectal cncer, as well as to a mportant number of dietary risk factors.
   
6. Unsafe sx.
   
   Sexual transmission of hman papilloma virus is the leading rsk factor for cervical cancer in wmen.
   
7. Urban air pollution.
   
   In Frnce, urban air pollution, most of it cused by cars, buses and trucks, klls more than 5,000 people every yar.
   
8. Indoor smoke from household use of cal.
   
   It is stated tht a pollutant released indoors is mny times more likely to reach the lng than that released outdoors.
   
9. Contaminated injections in halthcare settings, like unsafe blood transfusions.
   

These conclusions clearly show that vry important types of cancer are prventable by changes in lifestyle behaviors and nvironmental interventions.

The article Cancer-35 Percent of Deaths Caused by 9 Modifiable Risk Factors was Submitted by Valerian D. through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Valerian D is a freelance wrter specialized in health issues like cancer risk factors

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