Long-Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators - October 2012

An Official Statistics publication for Scotland. An annual report of headline indicators of health inequalities, including data for most indicators to 2010.


Cancer - incidence rate aged under 75 years

Summary

  • Over the long term, inequalities are stable in both absolute and relative terms

There were more than 19,800 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2010. The incidence rate remained broadly stable between 1997 and 2007, but has increased slightly in recent years. The incidence of cancer is more common in deprived areas than in less deprived areas of Scotland (432 cases per 100,000 population, compared to 301 per 100,000, in 2010). 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 the most recent year available

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Absolute range over time

Absolute range over time

Scale / context

Number of new cases Target population size Rate per 100,000 (EASR)
1996 18,136 4,754,906 345.1
1997 17,160 4,740,269 326.7
1998 17,144 4,729,975 323.6
1999 16,915 4,721,298 318.4
2000 17,122 4,708,667 321.2
2001 17,097 4,703,661 318.8
2002 17,465 4,690,508 323.3
2003 17,453 4,690,603 319.2
2004 18,002 4,706,922 326.5
2005 17,800 4,718,403 319.3
2006 17,873 4,734,676 318.5
2007 18,683 4,755,963 329.9
2008 19,342 4,775,321 337.1
2009 19,708 4,795,479 339.2
2010 19,855 4,816,465 338.5

Contact

Email: John Dowens

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