Bladder cancer incidence statistics

Bladder cancer incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates) Open a glossary item in England in females are 47% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are 23% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).[1]

It is estimated that there are around 980 more cases of bladder cancer each year in England than there would be if every deprivation quintile had the same age-specific crude incidence rates as the least deprived quintile. around 370 of these cases are in females, and around 610 in males.

Bladder Cancer (C67), Estimated Average Number of Excess Cases per Year and European Age-Standardised Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, by Deprivation Quintile, England, 2013-2017

References

  1. Calculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, April 2020. Based on method reported in National Cancer Intelligence Network Cancer by Deprivation in England Incidence, 1996-2010 Mortality, 1997-2011 . Using cancer incidence data 2013-2017 (Public Health England) and population data 2013-2017 (Office for National Statistics) by Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 income domain quintile, cancer type, sex, and five-year age band.

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Data is for England, 2013-2017, ICD-10 C21.

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