Vulval cancer- UK mortality statistics

Each year in the UK, there are on average 373 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, 2004 to 2008.

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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 12 per 100,000 women aged 80 and over. 1-3

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Mortality rates for vulval cancer in the UK have declined steadily since the early 1970s. The rate fell by almost half (48%) from 1.3 per 100,000 female population in 1971 to 0.7 per 100,000 in 2008 ( Figure 2.2). 1,2, 3

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Among women aged 45-64, the vulval cancer mortality rate in the UK dropped by 62% between 1971 and 2008, from 1.4 per 100,000 to 0.5 per 100,000 women. The rate among women aged 65 and over fell from 8.8 per 100,000 population in 1971 to 6.2 per 100,000 in 2008, a decrease of 29%. 1-3