You're right. When I was looking at news articles this morning, I came across the 41% number, but that is obviously wrong or geo-specific.
cancer.org states that 15% of deaths worldwide are due to cancer, with 50% being spread amongst other non-communicable diseases.
http://www.cancer.org/research/infographics/rising-global-ca...
"In 2010, 65% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and cancer. 15% of all deaths worldwide, nearly 8 million people, were due to cancer alone. The number of deaths worldwide from cancer dwarfs the number of global deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, as is projected to exceed 13 million by 2030."
Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks
by darkarmani on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @07:15PM
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So if i move to a poorer country, I have less of a chance to get cancer?
That's not even true if you look only at rich countries - cardiovascular diseases cause more deaths.
The amount of effort, let alone money, spent on cancer research is already obscene compared to what is spent on other serious problems.