Cervical cancer is the 19th most common cause of cancer death in females in the UK, accounting for 1% of all cancer deaths in females (2018).In females and males combined, cervical cancer is not among the 20 most common causes of cancer death in the UK, accounting for less than 1% of all cancer deaths (2018).[1-3]
Cervical cancer mortality rates (European (AS) rates Open a glossary item) for females are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries.
For cervical cancer mortality rates do not vary between UK constituent nations however incidence rates do vary between the UK constituent nations.
Cervical Cancer (C53), Number of Deaths, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, Females, UK, 2018
England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
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Female | Deaths | 701 | 80 | 59 | 17 | 857 |
Crude Rate | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | |
AS Rate | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | |
Persons | Deaths | 701 | 80 | 59 | 17 | 857 |
Crude Rate | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |
AS Rate | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |


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, 2018, C53.