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Kidney cancer – UK

December 2009

The statistics in this presentation are based on the KidneyCancerStats report published in 2007. However, the incidence, mortality and survival statistics have been updated to reflect the latest available data.For more information about UK cancer statistics please contact stats.team@cancer.org.uk or visit http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats

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Figure One: Diagram of the kidney

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Table One: Number of new cases and rates of kidney cancer, UK, 2006

  England Wales Scotland N.Ireland UK

Cases                    

Males 3,992 313 442 132 4,879

Females 2,414 187 281 79 2,961

Persons 6,406 500 723 211 7,840

Crude rate per 100,000 population            

Males 16.0 21.7 17.9 15.5 16.4

Females 9.3 12.3 10.6 8.9 9.6

Persons 12.6 16.9 14.1 12.1 12.9

Age-standardised rate (European) per 100,000 population    

Males 13.6 16.7 14.9 15.4 13.9CI 95% 13.1 14.0 14.9 18.6 13.5 16.3 12.8 18.0 13.5 14.3

Females 6.8 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.0CI 95% 6.6 7.1 6.9 9.3 6.6 8.4 5.8 9.1 6.7 7.2

Persons 9.9 12.1 10.8 11.0 10.1CI 95% 9.7 10.2 11.0 13.1 10.0 11.6 9.5 12.5 9.9 10.4

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Figure Two: Numbers of new cases and age specific incidence rates, by sex, kidney cancer, UK 2006

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Figure Three: Incidence of female kidney cancer, by health authority, UK and Ireland, 1991–1999

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Figure Four: World age-standardised* incidence rates for kidney cancer, selected countries, 2002 estimates

* to the European standard population

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Figure Five: European age-standardised* incidence rates, kidney cancer, by sex, EU, 2002

* to the European standard population

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Figure Six: Age-standardised* incidence rates for kidney cancer, by sex, Great Britain, 1975–2006

* to the European standard population

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Figure Seven (a): Age-specific incidence rates, kidney cancer, males, Great Britain, 1975-2006

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Figure Seven (b): Age-specific incidence rates, kidney cancer, females, Great Britain, 1975-2006

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Table Two: Inherited disorders in which renal cell carcinoma is a major feature*

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Figure Eight: One, five and ten-year relative survival for kidney cancer patients, by sex, diagnosed in England and Wales, 1971–2001

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Figure Nine: Five-year relative survival for patients diagnosed with kidney cancer in England and Wales during 1986-1990 by age at diagnosis

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Table Three: Number of deaths and mortality rates for kidney cancer, UK, 2007

  England Wales Scotland N.Ireland UK

Deaths                    

Males 1,868 129 242 60 2,299

Females 1,171 87 157 38 1,453

Persons 3,039 216 399 98 3,752

Crude rate per 100,000 population            

Males 7.4 8.9 9.7 7.0 7.7

Females 4.5 5.7 5.9 4.2 4.7

Persons 5.9 7.2 7.8 5.6 6.2

Age-standardised rate (European) per 100,000 population    

Males 6.0 6.6 7.7 6.6 6.2

CI 95% 5.8 6.3 5.5 7.8 6.7 8.7 4.9 8.2 6.0 6.5

Females 2.9 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.0

CI 95% 2.7 3.1 2.5 3.9 3.2 4.3 2.2 4.3 2.8 3.2

Persons 4.3 4.8 5.4 4.7 4.4

CI 95% 4.2 4.5 4.1 5.4 4.8 5.9 3.7 5.6 4.3 4.6

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Figure Ten: Number of deaths and mortality rates for kidney cancer, by age and sex, UK, 2007

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Figure Eleven: Age-standardised* mortality rates for kidney cancer, by sex, UK, 1971–2007

* to the European standard population

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Figure Twelve (a): Age-specific mortality rates for kidney cancer, males, UK, 1971-2007

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Figure Twelve (b): Age-specific mortality rates for kidney cancer, females, UK, 1971-2007