Kidney Cancer
Data analyses and reports
- Detailed incidence and mortality data, lifetime risk, prevalence and survival statistics: Cancer of the kidney
- A summary table of the main statistics for kidney 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 kidney: ICD-10 C64-C65
Incidence:
Annual incidence 
[734KB] (most recent 25 years) by age, sex, network and health board.
Five year summary of incidence [169KB] by age, sex, network and health board.
Mortality:
Annual mortality [761KB] (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 [33KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 and 10 years after diagnosis (1983 onwards).
Survival summary 
[450KB] and interpretation at 1 and 5 years after diagnosis (1983 onwards).
Prevalence:
Cancer prevalence [47KB].
Lifetime risk:
Lifetime risk [45KB] of cancer by age and sex.
Deprivation:
Incidence and mortality by deprivation category [29KB].
Summary statistics for kidney cancer
| Scotland | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| Rank - incidence | 8 | 8 |
| Rank - mortality | 13 | 13 |
| Percentage frequency of all cancers | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Number of new cases diagnosed in 2010 | 502 | 361 |
| Number of deaths recorded in 2010 | 174 | 142 |
| Change in incidence from 2000 to 2010 | 31.2% | 47.5% |
| Change in mortality from 2000 to 2010 | -3.2% | 4.9% |
| 1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 | 69.3% | 61.0% |
| 5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 | 53.1% | 49.3% |
Notes:
1. Survival figures are not age standardised.
2. Change in incidence and mortality is estimated by Poisson regression.
