Breast cancer mortality statistics

  • Mortality rates for breast cancer in the UK in females are 12% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and rates in males are 43% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least.
  • Around 650 deaths from breast cancer each year in the UK are linked with deprivation (around 630 in females, and around 20 in males).

Further mortality by deprivation statistics and charts can be found on the Cancer Research UK's Cancer Statistics Data Hub.

 

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