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.
1 Around 19,000 more people die each year from cancer than 30 years ago, this is due mainly to population growth and aging. 2  However, the death rate (number of deaths per 100,000 people) has fallen by more than 16%. Cancer accounted for about 3 in 10 deaths in Australia. 2  Around 19,000 more people die each year from cancer than 30 years ago, this is due mainly to population growth and aging.