Some figures have been rounded for better understanding.
Countries included:
Algeria, Bahrain, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, Yemen.
In 2024, over ***thousand people died from trachea, bronchus and lung cancer in the Middle East and North Africa region. This was by far the largest number of deaths caused by any other type of cancer in the region. Breast cancer had the second highest death count during the same period, with over 39 thousand deaths in the region.
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