CancerStats: Cancer Statistics for the UK

Cancer incidence, mortality and survival statistics for the UK and around the world, as well as information on cancer causes, diagnosis, and treatment and cancer screening are presented here.
The latest cancer statistics available for the UK are; incidence 2010, and mortality 2010 and survival 2005-2009 (in most cases). Source years are specified with the content and we are currently working to update all the pages on this site. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.
See the updated in-depth statistics on bowel cancer incidence and for brain, other central nervous system and intracranial tumour incidence
or read our Key Facts for summary of all the stats.
Read about the proportion of cancers cancers caused by risk factors which can be moderated.
Also see this presented visually on our Attributable Risk infographic poster.

See our new section about cancer in teenagers and young adults.
Read in detail about incidence, mortality, survival, the risk factors for teenage and young adult cancer or statistics on how it is diagnosed and treated, or see a summary in our Key Facts.
A detailed report is also available.
Cancer Stats Highlights
Cancer Incidence: Read cancer incidence statistics including all cancers combined, common cancers, trends over time and by age-group.
Newsletter: Read our latest newsletter (February 2013) or email join the mailing list.
Key Facts: Read our expanding series of simple messages about the statistics on common cancers on-line or free to download.
Worldwide: Read about the latest cancer incidence and mortality worldwide, download the World Cancer Factsheet or the Cancer Incidence Worldwide map.
Our Publications
Our statistical publications give you top-line cancer stats, in-depth explanations, and are all free to download.
Check out the latest publications from CR-UK's Statistical Information Team.
See our CancerStats Reports for detailed statistical reports on different types of cancer.
View our data tables for top-line cancer statistics.
or browse our publications site for all our materials.
We would like to acknowledge the essential work of the cancer registries in the United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries, without which there would be no data.





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