Publication, Part of Cancer registrations statistics, England
Cancer Registration Statistics, England, 2022
National statistics, Accredited official statistics
New data added:
- Incidence counts and rates have been re-stated for cancers diagnosed between 2012 to 2022, reflecting the updated populations available using the 2021 census
- Counts and rates have been provided for Persons in addition to Males and Females
- We now use https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/documents/2021-lsoa-imd-lookup.xlsx to align deprivation scores with 2021 LSOAs
- The data downloads for Cancer Registrations (Incidence) now contain counts and age-standardised rates for England only. The interactive dashboard contains counts, age-specific, non-standardised and age-standardised rates for England and sub-national geographies
Coming Summer 2025:
- Incidence counts and rates for small geographic areas including, Upper Tier Local Authority (UTLA) 2024 boundaries, Local authority district / unitary authority (LAUA) 2024 boundaries and Middle layer super output area (MSOA) using census 2021
5 June 2025 11:00 AM
Correction notice:
A coding error has resulted in incorrect populations being used as a denominator for age-specific rates for sub-national estimates. This has affected Tables 1 to 4. The coding error has been fixed and the age-specific rates for Government office regions, Cancer alliances, and Integrated care boards have been updated to the correct values.
12 November 2024 12:25 PM
Cancer mortality
This publication provides cancer mortality by ICD-10 site. We compare 2022 counts and rates with 2011 counts and rates to show how cancer mortality has changed over time.
The number of people dying from cancer has increased over time. For males, the number of deaths increased from 68,639 in 2011 to 73,958 in 2022. For females, the number of deaths increased from 61,935 in 2011 to 64,741 in 2022.
Despite the increase in number of deaths, the age-standardised rate of mortality from cancer has decreased for both males and females.
For males, the rate fell from 345 deaths per 100,000 people in 2011 to 299 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. Similarly, for females, the rate fell from 237 deaths per 100,000 people in 2011 to 212 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
Table 1 shows the 3 most common cancer groups for males and females in England with their age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 people in 2011 and 2022.
For females, the incidence rates per 100,000 people for the 3 most common cancer groups – breast, lung, and bowel cancer – increased or remained the same between 2011 and 2022 whereas the mortality rates fell over the same period.
For males, the incidence rate per 100,000 people for the most common cancer group, prostate cancer, increased and the incidence rates for lung and bowel cancer decreased between 2011 and 2022. During the same period, the mortally rates fell for all 3 cancer groups.
Table 1: Age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 for the 3 most common cancer groups for males and females, England, 2011 and 2022
|
Main cancer group |
Gender |
2011 incidence rate |
2022 incidence rate |
2011 mortality rate |
2022 mortality rate |
|
Prostate |
Males |
179 |
212 |
50 |
44 |
|
Breast |
Females |
164 |
175 |
37 |
31 |
|
Lung |
Males |
96 |
83 |
78 |
55 |
|
Lung |
Females |
64 |
69 |
49 |
42 |
|
Bowel |
Males |
93 |
86 |
35 |
32 |
|
Bowel |
Females |
60 |
60 |
22 |
21 |
Last edited: 10 June 2025 11:46 am