Leukaemia (all subtypes combined) incidence statistics
Leukaemia cancer incidence by gender and UK country
| Leukaemia accounts for 3% of all new cancer cases in the UK, with around 4,200 new cases in females and around 6,200 new cases in males every year (2017-2019). |
Leukaemia cancer incidence by age
| Incidence rates for leukaemia are highest in people aged 85 to 89 in the UK, with almost 1 in 10 (8%) of all new leukaemia cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019). |
Leukaemia cancer incidence trends over time
| Leukaemia incidence rates have increased by a sixth (17%) in the UK since the early 1990s and rates have remained stable in the last decade (2017-2019). |
Leukaemia cancer incidence projections
| Leukaemia incidence rates in the UK are projected to decrease by 3% between 2023-2025 and 2038-2040, with around 14,500 new cases each year by 2038-2040. |
Leukaemia incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates in England in females are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).[1]
See also
Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England
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.
About this data
Data is for England, 2013-2017, ICD-10 C91-C95.
Last reviewed: 30 September 2020
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