Bone sarcoma mortality statistics

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Deaths

Deaths from bone sarcoma, 2015-2017, UK.

Percentage of all deaths

Percentage bone sarcoma contributes to total cancer deaths, 2015-2017, UK

 

Age

Peak mortality rate for bone sarcoma, 2015-2017, UK.

Trend over time

Change in bone sarcoma mortality rates since the early 1970s, UK

Bone sarcoma is not among the 20 most common causes of cancer death in the UK, accounting for less than 1% of all cancer deaths (2017).[1-3]

In females in the UK, bone sarcoma is not among the 20 most common causes of cancer death (less than 1% of all female cancer deaths). In males in the UK it is the 20th most common cause of cancer death (less than 1% of all male cancer deaths).

43% of bone sarcoma deaths in the UK are in females, and 57% are in males.

Bone sarcoma mortality rates (European age-standardised (AS Rate Open a glossary item)) are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries.

Bone Sarcoma (C40-C41), Number of Deaths, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2017

  England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland UK
Female Deaths 124 16 4 10 154
Crude Rate 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.5
AS Rate 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.5
AS Rate - 95% LCL 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4
AS Rate - 95% UCL 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.8 0.5
Male Deaths 173 23 9 2 207
Crude Rate 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.6
AS Rate 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.7
AS Rate - 95% LCL 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.6
AS Rate - 95% UCL 0.8 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.8
Persons Deaths 297 39 13 12 361
Crude Rate 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5
AS Rate 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6
AS Rate - 95% LCL 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5
AS Rate - 95% UCL 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.6

95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits Open a glossary item around the AS Rate Open a glossary item

See also

Bone sarcoma incidence statistics by sex and UK region

Bone sarcoma survival statistics

Cancer mortality statistics for common cancers in the UK

References

  1. Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, November 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
  2. Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
  3. Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, March 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.

See also

Data is for UK, 2017, ICD-10 C40-C41.

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Bone sarcoma mortality is strongly related to age, with the highest mortality rates being in older people. In the UK in 2015-2017, on average each year almost a third (30%) of deaths were in people aged 75 and over.[1-3] This is a much lower proportion of deaths in older age groups compared with most cancers.

Age-specific mortality rates rise steadily from birth to around age 15-19 and drop until around age 40-44, then rise steadily again until around age 75-79 when the rise becomes steeper. The highest rates are in the 90+ age group for females and males. Mortality rates are similar between females and males in most age groups.

Bone Sarcoma (C40-C41), Average Number of Deaths per Year and Age-Specific Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2015-2017

95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits Open a glossary item around the AS Rate Open a glossary item

See also

Bone sarcoma incidence statistics by age

Bone sarcoma survival statistics by age

Cancer mortality statistics by age

References

  1. Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, November 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
  2. Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
  3. Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, March 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.

About this data

Data is for UK, 2015-2017, ICD-10 C40-C41.

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Bone sarcoma European age-standardised (AS) Open a glossary item mortality rates for females and males combined decreased by 55% in the UK between 1971-1973 and 2015-2017.[1-3] The decrease was of a similar size in females and males.

For females, bone sarcoma AS mortality rates in the UK decreased by 57% between 1971-1973 and 2015-2017. For males, bone sarcoma AS mortality rates in the UK decreased by 58% between 1971-1973 and 2015-2017.

Over the last decade in the UK (between 2005-2007 and 2015-2017), bone sarcoma AS mortality rates for females and males combined remained stable. In females AS mortality rates remained stable, and in males rates remained stable.

Bone Sarcoma (C40-C41), European Age-Standardised Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 1971-2017

For most cancer types, mortality trends largely reflect incidence and survival trends. For example, rising mortality may reflect rising incidence and stable survival, while falling mortality may reflect rising incidence and rising survival.

Bone sarcoma mortality rates have decreased overall in all broad age groups in females and males combined in the UK since the early 1970s.[1-3] Rates in 0-24s have decreased by 41%, in 25-49s have decreased by 30%, in 50-59s have decreased by 53%, in 60-69s have decreased by 67%, in 70-79s have decreased by 63%, and in 80+s have decreased by 56%.

Bone Sarcoma (C40-C41), European Age-Standardised Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, By Age, UK, 1971-2017

See also

Bone sarcoma incidence trends over time

Bone sarcoma risk factors

References

  1. Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, November 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
  2. Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
  3. Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, March 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.

See also

Data is for UK, 1971-2017, C40-C41.

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Bone sarcoma mortality rates are projected to fall by 23% in the UK between 2014 and 2035, to 1 death per 100,000 people by 2035.[1] This includes a larger decrease for males than for females.

For males, bone sarcoma European age-standardised (AS) Open a glossary item mortality rates in the UK are projected to fall by 40% between 2014 and 2035, to fewer than 1 death per 100,000 by 2035.[1] For females, rates are projected to fall by 3% between 2014 and 2035, to 1 death per 100,000 by 2035.[1]

Bone sarcoma (C40-C41), Observed and Projected Age-Standardised Mortality Rates, by Sex, UK, 1979-2035

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It is projected that 352 deaths from bone sarcoma (155 in males, 197 in females) will occur in the UK in 2035.

See also

Find out how these projections were calculated

Mortality trends over time for bone sarcoma

Projections of mortality for all cancers combined

Download the projections data table

References

  1. Smittenaar CR, Petersen KA, Stewart K, Moitt N. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Projections in the UK Until 2035. Brit J Cancer 2016.

About this data

Data is for: UK, 1979-2014 (observed), 2015-2035 (projected), ICD-10 C40-C41

Projections are based on observed incidence and mortality rates and therefore implicitly include changes in cancer risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. It is not possible to assess the statistical significance of changes between 2014 (observed) and 2035 (projected) figures. Confidence intervals are not calculated for the projected figures. Projections are by their nature uncertain because unexpected events in future could change the trend. It is not sensible to calculate a boundary of uncertainty around these already uncertain point estimates. Changes are described as "increase" or "decrease" if there is any difference between the point estimates.

More on projections methodology

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There is no evidence for an association between bone sarcoma mortality and deprivation for either males or females in England.[1] England-wide data for 2007-2011 show European age-standardised Open a glossary item mortality rates are similar for both males and females living in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived.[1]

Bone sarcoma (C40-C41), European Age-Standardised Mortality Rates by Deprivation Quintile, England, 2007-2011

The estimated deprivation gradient in bone sarcoma mortality between people living in the most and least deprived areas in England has not changed in the period 2002-2011.[1] 

See also

Cancer mortality by socio-economic group

Deprivation gradient in bone sarcoma incidence

Socio-economic variation in cancer mortality for Scotland

Socio-economic variation in cancer mortality for Wales

Socio-economic variation in cancer mortality for Northern Ireland

References

  1. Cancer Research UK and National Cancer Intelligence Network. Cancer by deprivation in England: Incidence, 1996-2010, Mortality, 1997-2011. London: NCIN; 2014.

About this data

Data is for: UK, 2007-2011, ICD-10 C40-C41

Deprivation gradient statistics were calculated using mortality data for 2007-2011. The deprivation quintiles were calculated using the Income domain scores from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) from the following years: 2004, 2007 and 2010. Full details on the data and methodology can be found in the Cancer by Deprivation in England NCIN report.

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