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Incidence and mortality

The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) produces population-based statistics on incidence of cancer and mortality of cancer for patients resident in England.

Introduction

Cancer registration statistics are used to measure the occurrence of cancer within the population of England; used alongside cancer prevalence, mortality and survival, policy-makers can determine the overall burden of cancer, which can inform cancer policies and programmes, inform cancer research, raise cancer awareness and brief government ministers.

Incidence and mortality statistics, England

The counts and rates of cancer diagnoses (incidence) and cancer deaths (mortality) in the Cancer Registration Statistics, England publication are designated as National Statistics. National Statistics are a subset of Official Statistics, which have been certified by the UK Statistics Authority as compliant with its code of practice for statistics. More information on National Statistics can be found on the Office for Statistics Regulation website.

The Cancer Registration Statistics, England publication reports on newly-diagnosed malignant primary neoplasms (cancer tumours) registered in England in addition to cancer deaths registered in England.

Cancer registrations (incidence) are provided by:

  • International Classification of Diseases revision 10 (ICD-10) 3-digit code by gender, age group, geographic region, index of multiple deprivation (IMD) quintile and stage at diagnosis for selected cancer sites
  • ICD-10 4-digit code by gender and age group

Deaths from cancer (mortality) are provided by:

  • ICD-10 3-digit code by gender and age group

The publication and data file can be found on the Cancer Registration Statistics, England collection page. 

The interactive tool can be found on the CancerData website.

Last edited: 6 February 2025 4:14 pm