Cancer now a bigger killer than heart diseases in rich nations: Study

It determined that people in poorer nations were on average 2.5 times more likely to die from heart disease than those in richer ones

Cancer has become the leading cause of death in rich nations, overtaking heart disease, according to the results of two landmark, decade-long global surveys of health trends released Tuesday.
 

Heart disease remains the leading cause of mortality among middle-aged adults globally, accounting for more than 40 per cent of deaths, the data showed.
 

It was thought to have been responsible for around 17.7 million deaths in 2017.
 

But in richer countries, cancer now kills more people than heart disease, according to the twin studies published in The Lancet medical journal.
 

"The world is witnessing a new epidemiologic transition among the