Homepage ? Information and Statistics ? Cancer ? Cancer statistics ? Breast cancer

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.
  
  
• Cancer in Scotland Summary [264KB] is an overview of cancer in Scotland focusing on incidence, mortality and survival for the main cancer sites.
  
  
• A summary of incidence and mortality by ICD10 code [391KB].
  
  
• UK data are available in the Cancer Atlas of the UK and Ireland 1991-2000 and cancer cases and deaths in the UK during 2002-04.
  
  
• Scotland and European Health for All Database which provides comparison of Scotland and the UK for a wide range of health indicators.
  
  
• Cancer Research UK factsheets provide detailed analyses and interpretation of cancer data.
  
  
• Cancer Scenarios: Projections of cancer rates in Scotland (up to 2014) by site. An updated summary report Cancer incidence projections for Scotland (2001-2020) is also available.
  
  
• Incidence by Local Council Area: Scottish Local Authorities Compendium of Health Statistics.
  
  
• Small neighbourhood statistics (such as postcode area): Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics.
  
  
• Health board survival comparisons: Performance Assessment Framework (PAF; see section 3.07.03).
  
  
• Patient waiting times for breast cancer treatment: PAF (see section 4.10.03).
  
  
• Data on the early detection of breast cancer through screening: PAF (see section 2.04.01) and breast screening programme pages of this website.
  
  
• Public health intelligence in Scotland: Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO).
  

Cancer of the breast: ICD-10 C50

Incidence:	Annual incidence [1061KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of incidence [208KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality:	Annual mortality [843KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year  summary of mortality [181KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival:	Survival * [22KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
	Survival summary [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence:	Cancer prevalence  [52KB]
Lifetime risk:	Lifetime risk * [42KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation:	Incidence and mortality by deprivation category* [29KB]

^{* _{Excludes male breast cancer}}

Carcinoma in situ of the breast: ICD-10 D05

Incidence:	Annual incidence[1061KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of incidence[208KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Prevalence:	Cancer prevalence [52KB]

^{*_{Excludes male breast cancer}}

Summary statistics for breast cancer

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.

Main contact:Cancer Stats | This page last updated: 15-DEC-2009
Printer friendly version | Back to previous page