Cancer Statistics
Detailed Scottish Cancer Data
Use the left-hand navigation links to access data on cancers in Scotland. In addition to statistics, you will also find other information about each cancer, including context and background information on coding and historical changes to the classification of the cancers.
Please note:
- Within each page some files are quite large and may take a few minutes to download.
- You may need to use the drop-down menus within the spreadsheets to define your selections of 'Area of Residence', 'Sex', and 'Cancer site/type' to find the data that you require.
Summary and interpretive reports
A summary of incidence and mortality by ICD10 code 
[262KB].
Number of patients treated [41KB] by treatment type for All cancer types combined.
Cancer in Scotland 
[120kb] is an overview of cancer in Scotland focusing on incidence, mortality and survival for the main cancer sites.
The Cost of Cancer Care in Scotland 2002 [176kb]
Cancer Incidence Projections [79kb] gives projections for the number of cancer cases in Scotland up to 2020, with policy and methodology background.
UK Cancer e-Atlas
Maintained by the National Cancer Intelligence Networkwith data contributed by cancer registries of Scotland (ISD), England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Cancer e-Atlas is a user-friendly web application for displaying summary data on 16 of the most commonly occuring cancers in the UK.
Click here to access the Cancer e-Atlas
Users are able to compare statistics on cancer incidence, mortality and survival by country, Regional Cancer Networks and Health Boundaries (eg NHS Boards in Scotland, PCTs in England). In Scotland, Cancer Networks are based on collaboratives of NHS Boards.
