Total number of cancer-related deaths in South Africa 2008-2018, by ethnicity
In 2018, the total number of deaths related to cancer was the highest amongst the Black African ethnicity group with 23,823 reports. The white ethnicity group followed with 9,033 reports in the same year. In each ethnicity group, there is a worrying trend of increasing deaths due to cancer between 2008 and 2018. As a point of reference, it might be useful to keep the population numbers of each ethnic group in mind.
