Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cause of cancer death in females in the UK, accounting for 5% of all cancer deaths in females (2018).In females and males combined, ovarian cancer is the 15th most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for 3% of all cancer deaths (2018).[1-3]
Ovarian cancer mortality rates (European age-standardised are significantly higher than the UK average in Northern Ireland and Scotland and similar to the UK average in all other UK constituent countries.
For ovarian cancer mortality and incidence rates do not vary between the UK constituent nations.
Ovarian Cancer (C56-C57.4), 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 | 3,482 | 392 | 224 | 121 | 4,219 |
Crude Rate | 12.3 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | |
AS Rate | 12.3 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 12.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 12.1 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 12.7 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 12.8 | |
Persons | Deaths | 3,482 | 392 | 224 | 121 | 4,219 |
Crude Rate | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | |
AS Rate | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.7 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 6.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.9 |


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, C56-C57.4.