Medicare determines the expected staffing time per resident per day depending on level of care the residents of Grimes Center require. It is important to compare the reported time to expected time for a single facility instead of comparing the amount of time per resident of two facilities. Learn why.
5. Prostate cancer: 144,926 lives. This cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men, after lung and bronchial cancer, according to the NCI. Prostate cancer usually starts to grow slowly in the prostate gland, which produces the seminal fluid to transport sperm.
In 2007, there were reports of 7.9 million people dying of the disease, and by 2030, it is estimated that around 11.5 million will die all over the world from different types of cancer.In most developed countries, cancer is the second biggest cause of death, with heart disease being the first.