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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what assessment has been made of trends in mortality rates of (a) common cancers and (b) rarer cancers. (232840)
The attached table provides the age-standardised mortality rates in England, by sex, for the period 1971 to 2005, for all cancers combined, and for each cancer for which this information is readily available.
A detailed description of trends in cancer incidence and mortality over the period 1950 to 2003 is available in the 'Cancer Atlas of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1991-2000’, chapter 2 (pp 7-38), entitled 'Geographical patterns in cancer in the UK and Ireland'. This publication is also available in the House of Commons library, and from the Office for National Statistics’ website via the following link:
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=14059
An article examining trends in cancer in the UK and constituent countries over the period 1993-2004 for all cancers combined, and for the four most common cancers, was published in the Health Statistics Quarterly, volume 38, pp 33-46. This is available in the House of Commons library, and from the Office for National Statistics website via the following link:
www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=2007&Pos=1 &ColRank=1&Rank=1
Rate per 100,000 population Sex Site 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Male All cancers 284 286 286 288 284 289 285 286 287 285 284 281 Lung 107 109 109 110 107 108 108 108 106 104 101 100 Colorectal 34 34 33 34 33 34 33 32 32 31 31 30 Stomach 32 31 31 30 30 29 28 28 27 26 25 24 Bladder 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 Pancreas 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 11 Leukaemia 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Oesophagus 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 Prostate 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Brain 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Lip, mouth and pharynx 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kidney 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 Larynx 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Myeloma 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 Hogkin's disease 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Testis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Melanoma 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Female All cancers 175 175 176 178 178 181 179 180 182 183 182 182 Breast 39 39 40 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 Colorectal 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 22 Lung 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 Stomach 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 13 12 12 11 10 Ovary 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 Cervix 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 Pancreas 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 Uterus 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 Leukaemia 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Oesophagus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Bladder 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 Brain 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Myeloma 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 Kidney 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Lip, mouth and pharynx 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Melanoma 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 Hogkin's disease 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Larynx 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sex Site 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Male All cancers 286 285 283 277 278 279 276 275 274 271 269 264 Lung 101 97 96 92 90 89 85 84 82 79 76 74 Colorectal 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 28 Stomach 25 23 22 22 21 21 20 19 18 18 16 16 Bladder 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 11 Pancreas 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Leukaemia 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Oesophagus 10 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 Prostate 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Brain 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 Lip, mouth and pharynx 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kidney 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 Larynx 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 Myeloma 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hogkin's disease 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Testis 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melanoma 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Female All cancers 183 185 185 184 185 186 186 183 182 180 180 178 Breast 41 41 41 42 41 41 41 40 40 39 39 38 Colorectal 23 22 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 19 19 Lung 26 28 27 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 Stomach 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 Ovary 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Cervix 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 Pancreas 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 Uterus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 Leukaemia 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Oesophagus 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Bladder 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 Brain 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Myeloma 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Kidney 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Lip, mouth and pharynx 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 Melanoma 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Hogkin's disease 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Larynx 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Sex Site 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Male All cancers 260 254 246 246 238 232 228 227 222 221 213 Lung 71 68 65 64 61 59 57 56 54 52 51 Colorectal 28 27 27 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 21 Stomach 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 Bladder 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 Pancreas 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Leukaemia 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Oesophagus 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Prostate 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Brain 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Lip, mouth and pharynx 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 Kidney 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 Larynx 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Myeloma 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hogkin's disease 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Testis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melanoma 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Female All cancers 176 173 170 168 165 163 160 159 156 157 153 Breast 37 35 34 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 28 Colorectal 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 Lung 29 29 28 29 29 28 28 28 29 28 29 Stomach 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Ovary 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Cervix 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 Pancreas 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 Uterus 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 Leukaemia 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Oesophagus 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Bladder 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Brain 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Myeloma 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 Kidney 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Lip, mouth and pharynx 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 Melanoma 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Hogkin's disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Larynx 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Cause of death for cancers was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Eighth Revision (ICD-8) for 1971 to 1978, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for 1979 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for codes 2001 to 2005. See the following table for specific.
ICD 8 ICD 9 ICD 10 All cancers 140-205 140-208 C00-C97 Bladder 188 188 C67 Brain 191 191 C71 Breast 174 174 C50 Cervix 180 180 C53 Colorectal 153-154 153-154 C18-21 Hogkin's disease 201 201 C81 Kidney 189 189 C64-66, C68 Larynx 161 161 C32 Leukaemia 204-207 204-208 C91-C95 xC91.4 Lip, mouth and pharynx 140-149 140-149 C00-C14 Lung 162 162 C33-C34 Melanoma 172 172 C43 Myeloma 203 203 C88, C90 Non Hodgkin's lymphoma 200, 202 200, 202 C82-C85, C91.4, C96 Oesophagus 150 150 C15 Ovary 183 183 C56-C57 Pancreas 157 157 C25 Prostate 185 185 C61 Stomach 151 151 C16 Testis 186 186 C62 Uterus 182 182 C54-C55