Non-melanoma skin cancer 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, non-melanoma skin cancer is the 18th most common cause of cancer death (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).
66% of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths in the UK are in males, and 34% are in females.
Non-melanoma skin cancer mortality rates (European age-standardised 
) are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries.
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (C44), 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 | 738 | 59 | 56 | 14 | 867 |
| Crude Rate | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | |
| AS Rate | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |
| Female | Deaths | 392 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 452 |
| Crude Rate | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | |
| AS Rate | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | |
| Persons | Deaths | 1130 | 87 | 78 | 24 | 1319 |
| Crude Rate | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | |
| AS Rate | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
around the 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/.
About this data
Data is for UK, 2016, ICD-10 C44.