What’s the story behind the new UK cancer statistics?
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By Rob Mansfield
Cancer incidence, mortality and survival data from across the devolved nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) are routinely collected via cancer registries. Globally, UK cancer data is considered among the most accurate and, while this data may be updated throughout the year, new datasets are usually released only once a year.
What do the UK cancer statistics tell us?
Our team at World Cancer Research Fund has collated the latest cancer data available from the devolved nations to give us an overall UK-wide set of cancer statistics. The figures are from 2019 and 2020, and include new incidence and mortality data.
They show that in the UK, 387,820 people were diagnosed with cancer and 166,502 people died from cancer during these years, an increase from 366,303 and 165,267, respectively, from 2017.
Breast, followed by lung, cancer remains most common in the UK. Overall, there were more cancer cases in men than in women.
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