{"id":280610,"date":"2026-02-04T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280610\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:18:09","slug":"eu-hospitals-released-5-million-cancer-patients-in-2023-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280610\/","title":{"rendered":"EU hospitals released 5 million cancer patients in 2023 &#8211; News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\">In 2023, hospitals across the <a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:European_Union_(EU)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EU<\/a> discharged 4.9 million <a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:In-patient\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in-patients<\/a> diagnosed with cancer. Among these patients, colorectal cancer was the most common diagnosis (554 112 hospital discharges; 11.2% of all discharged cancer patients), followed by lung cancer (506 372; 10.3%) and breast cancer (480 922; 9.7%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/documents\/4187653\/22762676\/hospital-discharges-cancer-patients-2023.jpg\/6ae78c5e-dd6b-2c89-a3b0-e0f2bd28cb05?t=1769696073801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EU hospital discharges of in-patients diagnosed with cancer, 2023  (number of patients in thousands, by type of cancer). Chart. See link to the full dataset below.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hospital-discharges-cancer-patients-2023.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" width=\"700\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph ecl-u-type-align-center\">Source dataset: <a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/databrowser\/bookmark\/bd1cf18c-ab4a-49d8-a018-c763c2fd0a7e?lang=en&amp;createdAt=2026-01-21T11:31:27Z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hlth_tinpat1<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\">In 18 EU countries, colorectal cancer was the leading diagnosis among discharged resident in-patients suffering from cancer. The discharge rate was highest in Croatia (360 discharged colorectal cancer patients per 100 000 inhabitants), Latvia (243) and Austria (239). In contrast, the lowest discharge rates were reported in Malta (31 patients per 100 000 inhabitants), Luxembourg (56) and Ireland (58).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/documents\/4187653\/22762676\/hospital-discharges-colorectal-cancer-2023.jpg\/c920ecc4-b569-5bbc-4e45-1f100500b507?t=1769696094281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hospital discharges of resident in-patients with colorectal cancer, 2023  (per 100 000 people). Chart. See link to the full dataset below. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hospital-discharges-colorectal-cancer-2023.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" width=\"700\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph ecl-u-type-align-center\">Source dataset: <a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/databrowser\/bookmark\/6a526313-8ccf-420e-a4c9-68e2a037b683?lang=en&amp;createdAt=2026-01-21T11:32:09Z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hlth_rinpat2<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecl-u-type-paragraph\">This article marks <a class=\"ecl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcancerday.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cancer Day<\/a>, observed annually on 4 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2023, hospitals across the EU discharged 4.9 million in-patients diagnosed with cancer. 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