Bladder cancer incidence statistics
Bladder cancer incidence by gender and UK country
| Bladder cancer accounts for 3% of all new cancer cases in the UK, with around 2,800 new cases in females and around 7,600 new cases in males every year (2017-2019). |
Bladder cancer incidence by age
| Incidence rates for bladder cancer are highest in people aged 85 to 89 in the UK, with almost 3 in 20 (13%) of all new bladder cancer cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019). |
Bladder cancer incidence trends over time
| Bladder cancer incidence rates have decreased by more than two-fifths (42%) in the UK since the early 1990s and rates have decreased by around a seventh (15%) in the last decade (2017-2019). |
Bladder cancer incidence projections
| Bladder cancer incidence rates in the UK are projected to decrease by 14% between 2023-2025 and 2038-2040, with around 10,700 new cases each year by 2038-2040. |
Bladder cancer incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates) 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.
See also
Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England
Bladder cancer mortality by deprivation (not directly comparable with incidence by deprivation)
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Scotland
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Wales
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Northern Ireland
References
- 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.
Last reviewed: 30 September 2020
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