Breast Cancer
Data analyses and reports
- Detailed incidence and mortality data, lifetime risk, prevalence and survival statistics:
Cancer of the breast
Carcinoma in situ of the breast - A summary table of the main statistics for breast cancer.
Below are the most recently updated data. 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.
Cancer of the breast: ICD-10 C50
Incidence:
Annual incidence 
[1096KB] (most recent 25 years) by age, sex, network and health board.
Five year summary of incidence [207KB] by age, sex, network and health board.
Mortality:
Annual mortality [751KB] (most recent 25 years) by age, sex, network and health board.
Five year summary of mortality [169KB] by age, sex, network and health board.
Survival:
Survival* [22KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1983 onwards).
Survival summary 
[450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1983 onwards).
Prevalence:
Cancer prevalence [52KB].
Lifetime risk:
Lifetime risk* [42KB] of cancer by sex and age.
Deprivation:
Incidence and mortality by deprivation category* [27KB].
* Excludes male breast cancer.
Carcinoma in situ of the breast: ICD-10 D05
Incidence:
Annual incidence [1096KB] (most recent 25 years) by age, sex, network and health board.
Five year summary of incidence [207KB] by age, sex, network and health board.
Prevalence:
Cancer prevalence [52KB]
*Excludes male breast cancer.
Summary statistics for breast cancer
| Scotland | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| Rank - incidence | 26 | 1 |
| Rank - mortality | 26 | 2 |
| Percentage frequency of all cancers | 0.2% | 28.9% |
| Number of new cases diagnosed in 2010 | 23 | 4,457 |
| Number of deaths recorded in 2010 | 10 | 1,022 |
| Change in incidence from 2000 to 2010 | 28.2% | 12.0% |
| Change in mortality from 2000 to 2010 | -4.0% | -18.3% |
| 1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 | - | 96.5% |
| 5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 | - | 85.9% |
"-" = not available.
Notes:
1. Some statistics are not available for male breast cancer because of small numbers.
2. Survival figures are not age standardised.
3. Change in incidence and mortality is estimated by Poisson regression.
