Table 1 Recorded cancer incidence in males and females in England 2001, predicted cancer incidence around 2020 and the corresponding percentage change in incidence, decomposed into changing risk and demographic components

From: The future burden of cancer in England: incidence and numbers of new patients in 2020

  

Males

Females

ICD-10 code

Cancer type

Number of cancer cases in 2001 a

Number of cancer cases in 2020 b

Change overall (%) c

Change due to change in risk (%) d

Change due to change in population (%) e

Number of cancer cases in 2001 a

Number of cancer cases in 2020 b

Change overall (%) c

Change due to change in risk (%) d

Change due to change in population (%) e

C00-C14

Lip, mouth, pharynx

2624

4584

75

43

32

1458

2290

57

34

23

C15

Oesophagus

3771

5974

58

15

43

2293

2770

21

−6

26

C16

Stomach

4780

5046

6

−42

47

2649

2468

−7

−33

26

C18

Colon

8872

11 692

32

−15

46

8746

9786

12

−14

26

C19–C21

Rectum

6468

9842

52

10

42

4503

6090

35

10

25

C25

Pancreas

2852

4198

47

2

45

3022

3683

22

−4

26

C33–C34

Lung

18 495

18 519

0

−45

45

12 004

13 600

13

−12

26

C43

Melanoma

2629

4942

88

58

30

3377

5608

66

49

17

C50

Breast

34 636

49 743

44

22

21

C53

Cervix uteri

2420

2123

−12

−24

12

C54

Corpus uteri

4684

7149

53

27

25

C56–C57

Ovary

5612

6933

24

1

23

C61

Prostatef

24 717

36 703

48

0

48

C62

Testis

1600

2332

46

39

7

C64–C66

Kidney

3199

4790

50

12

38

1967

2955

50

26

24

C67

Bladderf

6394

9547

49

0

49

2582

3266

26

0

26

C71

Brain

2033

2414

19

−8

26

1501

1448

−4

−23

19

C81

Hodgkin's lymphoma

690

939

36

22

14

497

636

28

18

10

C82–C85

NHL

4237

6748

59

24

36

3681

5757

56

33

23

C88, C90

Myeloma

1701

2954

74

28

46

1480

2006

36

10

26

C91–C95

Leukaemia

3084

4687

52

12

40

2409

3080

28

5

22

 

Other sites

13 493

16 470

22

−21

43

12 956

15 107

17

−8

24

C00–C97 (excluding C44)

All excluding NMSCg

111 639

152 381

36

−7

43

112 477

146 500

30

7

23

  1. NHL=non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; NMSC=non-melanoma skin cancer.
  2. aAverage annual incidence as recorded 1999–2003.
  3. bAverage annual incidence as predicted 2019–2023.
  4. c% change in the number of new cases predicted for 2019–2023 compared to 1999–2003.
  5. d% change in the number of new cases due to changes in risk.
  6. e% change in the number of new cases due to changes in population age structure and size.
  7. fIncidence rates were assumed to remain constant for prostate and bladder cancer.
  8. gAll cancers excluding non-melanoma cancers of skin; numbers and proportional changes based on combining the specific cancer sites.