Cancer death rates in the UK are more than one-third higher in men than in women, a new report says.
The stark contrast between the sexes is revealed in the latest survival figures from 2010.
In that year, 202 men per 100,000 died compared with 147 women per 100,000 – a 35% difference.
When gender-specific diseases, such as prostate and breast cancer, were excluded, men were 67% more likely to die.
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