1 An umbilical hernia can also be repaired through laparoscopic or open surgery, which can cost an individual without insurance between $4,000 and $11,000. The average individual with insurance can expect to pay between $700 and $2,000.  Some patients opt to delay surgical treatment of a hernia.
This year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. One of every four deaths in the US is from cancer. Since 1990, there have been approximately 5 million cancer deaths.
An estimated 559,312 people die of cancer each year, i.e. one person every minute. Death due to cancer is 22.8% of total deaths in US (higher than WHO global cancer statistics). The lifetime probability of developing cancer in US men is 1 in 2, and in US women is 1 in 3 (highest in the world).n UK, cancer statistics show that one in three people will develop cancer in their lifetime and over one in four people die from cancer. Cancer is the cause of 30% of all the deaths in males and 25% in females. (2007: incidences of cancers in UK).