Analysis of the Impact of Colorectal Cancer in WHO Countries

Panel dataset covering 194 WHO member states across 5 years (2018–2022), totaling 970 observations and 19 variables. The dataset merges socioeconomic, health, and cancer indicators from multiple international sources (WHO, World Bank, UNDP, IHME/GBD, World Happiness Report) to examine the relationship between colorectal cancer outcomes and country-level factors. Missing values are represented as empty cells (NaN) where data was unavailable for a given country-year. Variables Variable Description Country Official WHO member state name Country_Code ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code Year Calendar year (2018–2022) Latitude Country average latitude (degrees) Longitude Country average longitude (degrees) Cancer_Screening Whether a colorectal cancer screening program exists (Yes/No) Happiness_Index Life evaluation score, 0–10 scale (World Happiness Report) Alcohol Per capita alcohol consumption, litres of pure alcohol (WHO) Obesity Adult obesity prevalence, % with BMI ≥ 30 (WHO) Population Total population (World Bank) GDP_per_capita GDP per capita, PPP in current international $ (World Bank) HDI Human Development Index, 0–1 scale (UNDP) Health_Expenditure_PC Current health expenditure per capita in USD (WHO GHED) Mortality_Number Colorectal cancer deaths, count (IHME/GBD) Mortality_Rate Colorectal cancer mortality rate per 100,000 (IHME/GBD) Incidence_Number Colorectal cancer new cases, count (IHME/GBD) Incidence_Rate Colorectal cancer incidence rate per 100,000 (IHME/GBD) Prevalence_Number Colorectal cancer prevalent cases, count (IHME/GBD) Prevalence_Rate Colorectal cancer prevalence rate per 100,000 (IHME/GBD)