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UK cancer mortality statistics for males

Ten most common causes of cancer death

Despite the fall in male lung cancer mortality rates, lung cancer is still by far the most common cause of male death from cancer, accounting for 24% of all male cancer deaths (Figure 4.1).

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In 2005, there were 19,457 male deaths from lung cancer in the UK. Prostate cancer was the second most common cause of cancer death in men, accounting for 13% of the male deaths from cancer. Colorectal cancer caused 8,637 deaths in men in 2005, accounting for 11% of all male cancer mortality.

These three cancers - lung, prostate and colorectal - together accounted for almost half (48%) of male cancer mortality in 2005.

References

1. Office for National Statistics, Mortality Statistics:Cause England & Wales, 2005. Vol. DH2 No.32. 2006: TSO.
2. GRO for Scotland Registrar General's Annual Report, 2006.
3. Northern Ireland Cancer Registry Cancer Mortality in Northern Ireland, 2005 2006

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