Hong Kong reports sharp fall in cancer mortality over three decades
Hong Kong’s age-standardised cancer mortality rate fell by more than 40 per cent between 1993 and 2023, the city’s health minister said. Lo Chung-mau cited the figures at the World Cancer Congress, being held in Hong Kong for the first time, as the leader renewed a medical innovation pledge.
Hong Kong’s cancer-related death rate has fallen by more than 40 per cent over the past three decades, according to the city’s Secretary for Health, Lo Chung-mau. Lo said the age-standardised cancer mortality rate declined by more than 40 per cent between 1993 and 2023. He outlined the figures while discussing Hong Kong’s progress in cancer control at the World Cancer Congress.
The congress is being held in Hong Kong for the first time. The health minister’s comments placed the reported reduction in mortality within the city’s wider efforts to address cancer. Hong Kong’s leader also renewed a pledge to develop the city as a hub for medical innovation, according to the South China Morning Post.
The supplied report does not specify the individual measures or treatments responsible for the decline. The figures cover a 30-year period and are age-standardised, a measure used in the reported comparison across time. Lo presented the data as evidence of progress in cancer control, while the congress provided an international setting for the discussion.
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