Page last updated: 24-JUN-2008

Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma

Data analyses and reports

Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung: ICD-10 C33-C34

Incidence: Annual incidence link to a microsoft excel file[289KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of incidence link to a microsoft excel file[48KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality: Annual mortalitylink to a microsoft excel file[278KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of mortalitylink to a microsoft excel file[48KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival: Survivallink to a microsoft excel file[33KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Survival summarylink to an adobe pdf file [450KB] at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence: Cancer prevalencelink to a microsoft excel file[17KB]
Lifetime risk: Lifetime risklink to a microsoft excel file[16KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation: Chart link to a microsoft excel file[17KB] of incidence, mortality and survival by deprivation category

Mesothelioma: ICD-10 C45

Incidence: Annual incidencelink to a microsoft excel file[314KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of incidencelink to a microsoft excel file[49KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality: Annual mortalitylink to a microsoft excel file[278KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of mortalitylink to a microsoft excel file[48KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Prevalence: Cancer prevalencelink to a microsoft excel file[17KB]

Summary statistics for lung cancer

Scotland Males Females
Rank 1 2
Percentage frequency of all cancers 19.5% 15.0%
Number of new cases diagnosed in 2005 2,480 2,063
Number of deaths recorded in 2006 2,162 1,900
Change in incidence from 1995 to 2005 -23.7% +3.5%
Change in mortality from 1996 to 2006 -23.5% +6.4%
1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 26.0% 28.8%
5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 7.0% 7.8%


Notes:
1. Survival figures are not age standardised.
2. Change in incidence and mortality is estimated by Poisson regression.


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