Liver cancer - UK mortality statistics

Liver cancer mortality statistics can be found here, including by age and sex and trends over time up to 2008. Top line mortality for 2009 only can be found on the Data table: Cancer cases and deaths in the UK.

Liver cancer mortality

 
 

By age and sex

In 2008, liver cancer caused 3,390 deaths in the UK. The annual number of deaths in the UK and its constituent countries together with the rates for the year 2008 are shown in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1: Number of deaths and mortality rates of liver cancer, UK

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The distribution of deaths by age for males and females separately are shown in Figure 2.1.

Figure 2.1: Number of deaths and age-specific mortality rates, liver cancer, by sex, UK

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Trends over time

The age-standardised mortality rates between 1971 and 2008 for the UK are shown in Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2: Age-standardised (European) mortality, liver cancer, by sex, UK

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References for liver cancer mortality

  1.  Office for National Statistics, 20010 Mortality Statistics: Cause, 2008
  2.  ISD Online, 2010 Cancer Incidence and Mortality data, 2008
  3.  Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 2010 Northern Ireland Mortality data, 2008.