Long-Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities
An annual report which summarises the long-term differences in health trends between the least and most deprived areas of Scotland.
Cancer - deaths aged 45-74 years
Summary
- Inequalities are increasing both in absolute and relative terms over time.
Between 1997 and 2009, there has been a 17.2% decrease in rates of death from cancer amongst those aged 45-74 years as a whole. In 2009 around 7,500 people aged 45-74 died from cancer. Cancer deaths in this age group are more common in deprived areas (586 per 100,000 population) than in areas of low deprivation (238 per 100,000 population) - a difference of 348. Although figures fluctuate from year to year there has been an overall increase in inequalities in both absolute and relative terms since 1997.
Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available
Relative Index of Inequality ( RII) over time
Absolute range over time
Scale / context
| Number of deaths | Target population size | Rate per 100,000 ( EASR) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8,068 | 1,635,590 | 446.9 |
| 1998 | 7,995 | 1,646,711 | 440.0 |
| 1999 | 7,904 | 1,658,124 | 433.8 |
| 2000 | 7,776 | 1,670,660 | 422.8 |
| 2001 | 7,903 | 1,687,422 | 430.1 |
| 2002 | 7,850 | 1,703,819 | 422.4 |
| 2003 | 7,706 | 1,724,940 | 409.3 |
| 2004 | 7,678 | 1,750,293 | 402.0 |
| 2005 | 7,606 | 1,771,454 | 396.7 |
| 2006 | 7,486 | 1,793,423 | 386.6 |
| 2007 1 | 7,569 | 1,818,202 | 385.4 |
| 2008 1 | 7,536 | 1,843,609 | 378.0 |
| 2009 | 7,481 | 1,869,363 | 370.3 |
1. The 2007 and 2008 data has been revised since the publication of the October 2010 report.
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