UK Vulva Cancer mortality statistics
This page presents vulval cancer mortality statistics by age and trends.
Vulval cancer mortality by:
Each year in the UK, there are between 300 and 400 deaths from vulval cancer. 1-3 The European age-standardised death rate for vulval cancer is 0.6 per 100,000 female population. 1-3Table 2.1 shows the average number of deaths and mortality rates over the five year period, 2003 to 2007.
The mortality rate for vulval cancer is 0.1 per 100,000 women aged 25-44, 0.5 for women aged 45-64, rising to 6 per 100,000 women aged 65 and above.( Figure 2.1) The rate continues to increase after this age, to nearly 12 per 100,000 women aged 80 and over. 1-3
Mortality rates for vulval cancer in the UK have declined steadily since the early 1970s. The rate fell by more than half (52%) from 1.3 per 100,000 female population in 1971 to 0.6 per 100,000 in 2007 ( Figure 2.2). 1,2, 3
Among women aged 45-64, the vulval cancer mortality rate in the UK dropped by almost 70% between 1971 and 2007, from 1.4 per 100,000 to 0.4 per 100,000 women. The rate among women aged 65 and over fell from 8.8 per 100,000 population in 1971 to 6 per 100,000 in 2007, a decrease of 31%. 1-3
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References for vulva cancer mortality
- Office for National Statistics,2009 Mortaity Statistics: Cause, England and Wales, 2007.
- ISD Online, 2009 Cancer Mortality in Scotland, 2007.
- Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency, 2009 Annual report of the registrar general for Northern Ireland, 2007
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