Cancer in children accounts for less than 1% of all cancer deaths in the UK (2016-2018).[1-3]
44% of children's cancer deaths in the UK are in girls, and 56% are in boys (2016-2018).
Children's cancer mortality rates (World age-standardisedfor persons are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries.
For children's cancer mortality and incidence rates do not vary between the UK constituent nations.
Children's Cancers (C00-C97, D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43, D44.3-D44.5), Average Number of Deaths per Year, Crude and World Age-Standardised (AS) Mortality Rates per Million Population, Ages 0-14, UK, 2016-2018
England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls | Deaths | 90 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 107 |
Crude Rate | 18.4 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 13.0 | 18.6 | |
AS Rate | 18.3 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 13.3 | 18.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 16.1 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 3.4 | 16.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 20.5 | 28.9 | 31.7 | 23.1 | 20.5 | |
Boys | Deaths | 114 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 137 |
Crude Rate | 22.2 | 24.1 | 30.9 | 19.4 | 22.7 | |
AS Rate | 22.1 | 23.2 | 31.5 | 20.0 | 22.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 19.8 | 15.2 | 19.2 | 8.2 | 20.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 24.5 | 31.2 | 43.9 | 31.8 | 24.7 | |
Children | Deaths | 204 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 244 |
Crude Rate | 20.4 | 22.8 | 26.6 | 16.3 | 20.7 | |
AS Rate | 20.3 | 22.1 | 26.6 | 16.7 | 20.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 18.7 | 16.5 | 18.6 | 9.0 | 19.1 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 21.9 | 27.7 | 34.6 | 24.4 | 22.1 |


References
- Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, November 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
- Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
- Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, June 2020. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
About this data
Data is for UK, 2016-2018 C00-C97, D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43, D44.3-D44.5.
All children's cancers includes all malignant tumours (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97), and all non-malignant brain, other central nervous system and intracranial tumours (ICD-10 codes: D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43 and D44.3-D44.5).