80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year. But he applied the number to an entirely different pool of people — every child born in developing countries — and created a new, inaccurate statistic. Nearly half of childhood cancer cases around the world are undiagnosed, according to a 2019 analysis published in The Lancet Oncology. But the figures that do exist show that mortality rates for childhood cancer are highest in developing countries. Estimates that do exist suggest that the mortality rate for children with cancer in developing countries is between 70% and 90%.

Source: Ethiopian News December 23, 2019 13:18 UTC