Head and neck cancers incidence statistics

The most common specific location for head and neck cancers in the UK is the tongue (2016-2018).[1-4] Variation of incidence by anatomical site may reflect the physical size of each site, and differences in risk factor exposure by site, among other factors.

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References

  1. Data were provided by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (part of Public Health England), on request through the Office for Data Release, July 2021. Similar data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk
  2. Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, April 2020. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications.
  3. Data were published by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Health Intelligence Division, Public Health Wales, March 2021. https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/welsh-cancer-intelligence-and-surveillance-unit-wcisu/cancer-incidence-in-wales-2002-2018/.
  4. Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, June 2020. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/

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Data is for UK, 2016-2018, ICD-10 C00-C14, C30-C32. For some cases the specific location of the cancer is not recorded, this may be due to clinical or data recording factors.

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Head and neck cancer incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates Open a glossary item) in England in females are 64% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are 101% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).[1]

It is estimated that there are around 2,300 more cases of head and neck 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 520 of these cases are in females, and around 1,800 in males.

In the text above, males and females’ excess cases do not sum to persons excess cases due to rounding

Head and Neck Cancer (C00-C14, C30-C32), Estimated Average Number of Excess Cases per Year and European Age-Standardised Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, by Deprivation Quintile, England, 2013-2017

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Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England

Incidence by deprivation for all cancer types combined

Head and neck cancer 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

  1. 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.

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Data is for England, 2013-2017, ICD-10 C21.

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An estimated 62,500 people who had been diagnosed with head and neck cancer between 1991 and 2010 were alive in the UK at the end of 2010.[1]

See also

Head and neck cancer incidence statistics by sex and UK region

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References

  1. Macmillan Cancer Support and National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service. Cancer Prevalence UK Data Tables. London: NCRAS; 2015.

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Data is for: Great Britain (1991-2010) and Northern Ireland (1993-2010), ICD-10 C00-C14, C30-C32.

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