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.
At least 12.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer around the world every year, and more than 7.5 million die of the disease â a toll that is steadily rising in every country as the population expands and people live longer, according to research by the World Health Organisation.e have poured billions upon billions of dollars into cancer research, and yet cancer rates continue to explode. Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, and according to the World Health Organization the number of cancer deaths globally is expected to nearly double over the next 20 years.