77.8% of males survive bladder cancer for at least one year. This falls to 56.1% surviving for five years or more, as shown by age-standardised net survival for patients diagnosed with bladder cancer during 2013-2017 in England.[1] Survival for females at one year is 64.5% and falls to 43.9% surviving for at least five years. Survival for females is lower than for than for males at one year, and lower than for at five years.
Bladder Cancer Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Net Survival, Adults (Aged 15-99), England, 2013-2017


Bladder cancer survival continues to fall beyond five years after diagnosis. 48.3% of males and 41.0% of females are predicted to survive their disease for ten years or more, as shown by age-standardised net survival for patients diagnosed with bladder cancer during 2013-2017 in England.[1]
About this data
Data is for England, 2013 - 2017, ICD-10 C67.
Survival statistics give an overall picture of survival and the survival time experienced by an individual patient may be much higher or lower, depending on specific patient and tumour characteristics.