Evaluated More and more women are dying from lung cancer

More and more women are dying from lung and bronchial cancer
The Statistical Yearbook 2016 has been published with current data on health, sport and nutrition. This showed a very negative trend. More and more women are getting sick and die from lung cancer. The absolute main trigger of this serious cancer is smoking, according to experts. Since smoking has increased in relation to women, the number of lung cancers has also increased.

A total of 45,000 people died of lung and bronchial cancer in Germany in 2014. This was the second leading cause of death among men (29,500). Pulmonary and bronchial cancers killed about 15,500 women. "Thus, the number of women who died of lung and bronchial cancer has increased by 41% in the last ten years. The main cause of these diseases is smoking, "said Dieter Sarreither, President of the Federal Statistical Office, at the press conference" How healthy are we living? "At the presentation of the Statistical Yearbook 2016 on 27 October in Berlin.

Lung cancer is fatal in most cases. Image: Bits and Splits - fotolia

One of the typical "diseases of civilization" is strong overweight (obesity). Just under 16% of the adult population in Germany had a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more in 2013. Men were more obese at 17% than women at 14%. The proportion of overweight people is increasing: in 1999, it was 12% for men and 11% for women..

An effective remedy for heavy obesity is exercise. Every inhabitant spent an average of 27 minutes every day in Germany 2012/2013 with sports and physical activity. The time required has remained relatively constant over the past eleven years. For television (including videos and DVDs) we took about 4.5 times as much time with 124 minutes. Since 2001/2002 the average television consumption has increased by 11 minutes.

Nutrition also plays an important role in healthy lifestyles. In 2014, around 8% of the population said that for financial reasons it was not possible to eat a wholefood meal (vegetarian or meat, poultry or fish) every other day. Individuals living in lone parent households were more frequently affected by this form of material deprivation (16% each in 2014). (Sb)