Long Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators – October 2014
Annual update of the 'Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities' headline indicators.
Cancer - incidence rate aged under 75 years
There were more than 20,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2012 among people aged under 75. Although the number of cases increased, the age-standardised incidence rate remained broadly stable between 1997 and 2007, and appears to have increased slightly from that position in more recent years. Overall, the incidence of cancer is more common in the most deprived areas of Scotland than the least deprived (531.2 cases per 100,000 population compared to 388.4 per 100,000 in 2012), though this is not the case for all types of cancer.
While there have been short-term fluctuations in both the relative and absolute levels of inequality, there is no clear long-term trend.
Inequalities gradient in 2012
Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time
Absolute range over time
Scale / context
| Number of new cases |
Target population size |
Rate per 100,000 (EASR) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |
17,167 |
4,740,269 |
427.4 |
| 1998 |
17,109 |
4,729,975 |
424.3 |
| 1999 |
16,914 |
4,721,298 |
417.5 |
| 2000 |
17,138 |
4,708,667 |
420.6 |
| 2001 |
17,147 |
4,703,661 |
418.9 |
| 2002 |
17,530 |
4,701,958 |
423.6 |
| 2003 |
17,574 |
4,702,431 |
420.8 |
| 2004 |
18,159 |
4,714,233 |
430.3 |
| 2005 |
17,987 |
4,735,320 |
421.9 |
| 2006 |
18,167 |
4,752,425 |
423.3 |
| 2007 |
18,775 |
4,783,452 |
430.8 |
| 2008 |
19,449 |
4,811,453 |
439.7 |
| 2009 |
19,999 |
4,835,007 |
446.6 |
| 2010 |
20,015 |
4,858,058 |
441.9 |
| 2011 |
20,208 |
4,888,316 |
441.3 |
| 2012 |
20,296 |
4,895,114 |
436.8 |
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Email: Craig Kellock
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