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 (2016).[1-3]
In males in the UK, bone sarcoma is the 20th most common cause of cancer death (less than 1% of all male cancer deaths). In females in the UK it is not among the 20 most common causes of cancer death (less than 1% of all female cancer deaths).
60% of bone sarcoma deaths in the UK are in males, and 40% are in females.
Bone sarcoma mortality rates (European age-standardised ) 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, 2016
England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Deaths | 179 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 217 |
Crude Rate | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
AS Rate | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
Female | Deaths | 115 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 143 |
Crude Rate | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
AS Rate | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
Persons | Deaths | 294 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 360 |
Crude Rate | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
AS Rate | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 |


References
- Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, October 2017. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
- Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2017. 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, December 2017. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
See also
Data is for UK, 2016, ICD-10 C40-C41.