Read press release Bladder cancer Key Facts
Key messages on incidence, survival, mortality, risk factors (causes) and a summary table of the statistics for bladder cancer are given here.
More comprehensive information and statistics for bladder cancer is here: incidence, survival, mortality and risk factors (causes).
The latest statistics available for bladder cancer are; incidence 2010, mortality 2010, and survival 2005-2009. Source years are specified in the statistics table. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.
- Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the UK.
- Around 10,300 people were diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2010 in the UK, that’s around 28 people every day.
- Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in UK men, with around 7,400 new cases diagnosed in 2010.
- In the UK, bladder cancer is the 11th most common cancer in women, with around 2,900 new cases diagnosed in 2010.
- Bladder cancer incidence rates in males increased steadily between the mid-1970s and the early 1990s; since then rates have decreased by around 40%. Female rates are lower but followed a similar pattern, with rates increasing up to the mid-1990s and falling by around a third since then.
- Around 8 in 10 cases of bladder cancer occur in people aged 65 and over.
- Worldwide, an estimated 383,000 new cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in 2008.
Read more in-depth bladder cancer incidence statistics.
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- Bladder cancer survival rates have improved in the last 30 years. Almost 60% of men and 50% of women with bladder cancer survive their disease for at least five years after diagnosis.
- Around half of patients diagnosed with bladder cancer are now likely to survive their disease for at least ten years.
- Bladder cancer survival rates are higher for patients diagnosed at a younger age.
Read more in-depth bladder cancer survival statistics.
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- Bladder cancer is the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the UK.
- Around 4,900 people died from bladder cancer in 2010 in the UK, that's around 13 people every day.
- Almost nine in ten deaths from bladder cancer are in people aged 65 and over.
- Since the early 1990s, bladder cancer death rates in the UK have decreased by around a third for men and by around a quarter for women.
- Worldwide more than 150,000 people were estimated to have died from bladder cancer in 2008.
Read more in-depth bladder cancer mortality statistics.
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- Smoking is the major preventable risk factor for bladder cancer and causes around 35% of cases in the UK each year.
- In the UK around 7% of male bladder cancer cases and 2% of female cases are linked to occupational exposure to certain chemicals - this proportion may be higher in countries with less regulated industrial processes.
- People with a first-degree relative who has been diagnosed with bladder cancer have a higher risk of developing the disease.
- Around 2.5% of cases of bladder cancer in the UK each year are linked to radiation exposure.
- High bladder cancer incidence rates in parts of Africa and the Middle East are caused by urinary schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease contracted from infected water which is endemic in these areas.
Read more in-depth bladder cancer risk factors.
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| BLADDER CANCER STATISTICS | Males | Females | Persons | Country | Year3 |
| Number of new cases per year | 7,416 | 2,908 | 10,324 | UK | 2010 |
| Incidence rate per 100,000 population1 | 18.0 | 5.5 | 11.0 | ||
| Number of deaths per year | 3,294 | 1,613 | 4,907 | UK | 2010 |
| Mortality rate per 100,000 population1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 4.7 | ||
| One-year survival rate2 | 78.4% | 68.2% | 75.6% | England | 2005-2009 |
| Five-year survival rate2 | 58.2% | 50.2% | 56.1% | ||
| Ten-year survival rate2 | 51.5% | 42.4% | 48.9% | England & Wales | 2007 (predicted) |
1. European age-standardised 2. Adults diagnosed 3. Latest statistics available
More detailed bladder cancer statistics can be found using these links: incidence, survival, mortality and risk factors.
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