Lok Sabha Question No. 1058 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Cancer Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1058 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## CANCER PATIENTS

## 1058. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware about the increase in the number of cancer patients in the country particularly in Western Maharashtra and Karnataka State;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to tart new hospitals equipped to treat cancer patients in Maharashtra and Karnataka; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b): As per the Indian Council of Medical Research's Cancer Registry data report on 'Three -year Report of Population Based Cancer Registries: 2012 -2014,  Bengaluru, 2016', the estimated  number  of  incidence  of  cancer  cases  in  the  country  is  in creasing  including in Maharashtra and Karnataka state. The estimated number of incidence of cancer cases repo during 2016 to 2018, State/UT wise, is at Annexure .

Cancer  is  a  multifactorial  disease,  the  risk  factors  of  which  interalia,  includ population, sedentary life styles, use of tobacco products, unhealthy diet and air polluti

- (c) & (d): Under the Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer facilities scheme under Natio Programme for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer,  Diabetes,  CVD  and  Stroke  (NPCDCS), financial assistance is provided for setting up of State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and Ter Cancer Centres (TCCCs) in different parts of the country.

In Maharashtra, one SCI at Government Medical College & Cancer Hospital, Aurangabad  and  two  TCCCs,  one  each  at  Rashtrasant  Tukdoji  Regional  Cancer  Hospital  & Research Centre, Nagpur and Vivekanand Medical Foundation & Research Centre, Latur have been appro ved and 1 st installment of Central share released to the State Government.

In Karnataka, one SCI at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru and TCCC at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya have been approved and 1 st installment of Central share released to the State Government .

Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India - State/UT - All sites - Both sexes (2016-2018)

| States                    |    2016 |    2017 |    2018 |
|---------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Jammu &Kashmir            |   15652 |   16480 |   17351 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |    8029 |    8348 |    8679 |
| Punjab                    |   32474 |   33781 |   35137 |
| Chandigarh                |    1274 |    1335 |    1398 |
| Uttaranchal               |   12381 |   12995 |   13640 |
| Haryana                   |   30611 |   32049 |   33558 |
| Delhi                     |   20015 |   20899 |   21821 |
| Rajasthan                 |   82836 |   86675 |   90686 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |  245231 |  257353 |  270053 |
| Bihar                     |  130628 |  137656 |  145051 |
| Sikkim                    |     479 |     485 |     490 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |    1272 |    1292 |    1313 |
| Nagaland                  |    1300 |    1309 |    1318 |
| Manipur                   |    2998 |    3082 |    3168 |
| Mizoram                   |    1652 |    1687 |    1723 |
| Tripura                   |    2199 |    2229 |    2260 |
| Meghalaya                 |    3311 |    3376 |    3442 |
| Assam                     |   31825 |   32177 |   32530 |
| West Bengal               |  107906 |  112466 |  117220 |
| Jharkhand                 |   40959 |   43071 |   45289 |
| Orissa                    |   49674 |   51763 |   53936 |
| Chattisgarh               |   31817 |   33477 |   35223 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |   89315 |   93754 |   98403 |
| Gujarat                   |   73551 |   77097 |   80820 |
| Daman &Diu                |     440 |     504 |     579 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |     497 |     542 |     591 |
| Maharashtra               |  132726 |  138271 |  144032 |
| Telangana                 |   41939 |   43784 |   45713 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |   58072 |   60475 |   62978 |
| Karnataka                 |   73511 |   76867 |   80381 |
| Goa                       |    1726 |    1801 |    1881 |
| Lakshadweep               |      89 |      96 |     104 |
| Kerala                    |   42004 |   44566 |   47382 |
| Tamil Nadu                |   80999 |   83554 |   86180 |
| Pondicherry               |    1596 |    1687 |    1783 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     429 |     443 |     458 |
| Total                     | 1451417 | 1517426 | 1586571 |