Vaginal cancer - mortality statistics

This page presents vaginal cancer mortality statistics by age and trends over time.

Vaginal cancer mortality by:

 

In the UK

Each year in the UK, there are around 93 deaths from vaginal cancer ( Table 2.1). 1-,3 The European  age-standardised death rate for vaginal cancer is 0.2 per 100,000 female population. 1-,3

Numbers and rates of deaths, cancer of the vagina, UK by country, five-year average

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By age

The mortality rate for vaginal cancer is less than 0.0 per 100,000 females up to the age of 44, 0.3 per 100,000 women aged 45-64, 1.2 per 100,000 women aged 65 and over, reaching around 2 per 100,000 women aged over 80 ( Figure 2.1). 1-,3

Numbers of deaths and age-specific mortality rates, cancer of the vagina, UK, five-year average

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Trends over time

The age-standardised mortality rate has remained stable since 2001at 0.2 per 100,000 females and was slightly lower in 2008 at 0.1 per 100,000 ( Figure 2.2). 1-3  In the early 1970s, the rate was 0.4 per 100,000.

Age-standardised (European) mortality rates for cancer of the vagina, UK

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The vaginal cancer mortality rate in the UK for women in their seventies fell from 2.4 per 100,000 women in 1971 to 0.7 per 100,000 in 2008. The rate for women over 80 also fell over the same period, from 3.5 per 100,000 to 1.9 per 100,000. 1-3

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References for vaginal cancer mortality

  1.  Office for National Statistics Mortality Statistics: Cause. England and Wales 2008 London TSO 2010
  2.  Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, 2010, Cancer Mortality in Northern Ireland, 2008
  3.  ISD Online, 2010, Cancer Mortality in Scotland, 2008