Deaths in Pune

Pune has a large enough number of deaths from cancer.

And many of them have diabetes.

Is there a relationship between cancers and diabetes?

In a paper published in Current Science, scientists note that there is indeed an increased percentage of certain kinds of cancers in diabetic patients as opposed to the non-diabetic. Especially of the liver, lung, pancreas and prostrate.

The data is taken from Death certificates dating from January 2006 to December 2006. In 14,838 Death certificates, 8% had diabetes and about 7% had cancer. In fact, thirty-two different cancers were seen in the diseased population.

Current Science, 105 (4 ): 486-491, 25 August 2013