Anal cancer incidence statistics
Anal cancer incidence by gender and UK country
| Anal cancer accounts for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK, with around 1,000 new cases in females and around 530 new cases in males every year (2017-2019). |
Anal cancer incidence by age
| Incidence rates for anal cancer are highest in people aged 80 to 84 in the UK, with almost 1 in 10 (8%) of all new anal cancer cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019). |
Anal cancer incidence trends over time
| Anal cancer incidence rates have increased by almost four-fifths (78%) in the UK since the early 1990s and rates have increased by almost a third (31%) in the last decade (2017-2019). |
Anal cancer incidence projections
| Anal cancer incidence rates in the UK are projected to increase by 14% between 2023-2025 and 2038-2040, with around 2,400 new cases each year by 2038-2040. |
Anal cancer incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates) in England in females are 60% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are 89% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).[1]
It is estimated that there are around 260 more cases of anal cancer each year in England than there would be if every deprivation quintile had the same age-specific crude incidence rates as the least deprived quintile. Around 160 of these cases are in females, and around 100 in males.
See also
Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England
Incidence by deprivation for all cancer types combined
Anal cancer mortality by deprivation (not directly comparable with incidence by deprivation)
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 C21.
Last reviewed: 30 September 2020
An estimated 6,700 people who had been diagnosed with anal cancer between 1991 and 2010 were alive in the UK at the end of 2010.[1]
See also
Anal cancer incidence statistics by sex and UK country
References
- Macmillan Cancer Support and National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service. Cancer Prevalence UK Data Tables London: NCRAS; 2015
About this data
Data is for: Great Britain (1991-2010) and Northern Ireland (1993-2010), ICD-10 C21
Last reviewed: 27 July 2017
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