Looks like it's actually lower than most other Western countries:

http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-cancer-fre...

But I guess red meat is just one of several (many?) things that can affect cancer. For example, it seems that there is an inverse correlation between selenium in the soil and cancer:

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/128/11/1845.full.pdf