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UK cancer mortality statistics for males

This page presents male mortality statistics for all cancers combined and the most common causes of cancer death in the UK.

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 just under a quarter (24%) of all male cancer deaths ( Figure 4.1).

The ten most common causes of death from cancer in males in the UK in 2007

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In the UK in 2007, there were 19, 637 male deaths from lung cancer. Prostate cancer was the second most common cause of cancer death in men (10,239 deaths), accounting for 13% of all male deaths from cancer. Colorectal cancer caused 8,474 deaths in men in 2007, accounting for 10% of all male cancer mortality.

These three cancers - lung, prostate and colorectal - together accounted for almost half (47%) of male cancer mortality in 2007.

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References for cancer deaths in males

  1.  Office for National Statistics,2009 Mortality Statistics: Deaths registered in England & Wales, 2007.
  2.  General Register Office for Scotland, 2009 Deaths Time Series Data, 1997-2007.
  3.  Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Registrar General Annual Report 2007 2009