Bowel cancer statistics

Bowel Stats Doughnut Bowel cancer statistics are presented here.

In 2010, 40,695 people in the UK were diagnosed with bowel cancer.
In 2010 there were 15,708 deaths from bowel cancer in the UK.
In 2005-2009, around 55% of adult bowel cancer patients (54% of men and 56% of women) in England survived their cancer for five years or more.

The latest statistics available for bowel cancer are; incidence 2010, mortality 2010, and survival 2005-2009. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.

The latest incidence statistics for bowel cancer.

The latest mortality statistics for bowel cancer

The latest survival statistics for bowel cancer

The latest information on risk factors for bowel cancer

Statistics for symptoms and treatment are currently under review. A summary of the usual treatment for bowel cancer is available on the CancerHelp pages.