Table.
Deaths from selected cancers within five years of diagnosis among adults in England and Wales with cancer diagnosed during 1986-90, and deaths avoided due to improved survival compared with patients with cancer diagnosed in 1981-5
| Cancer (ICD-9 code) | No of patients* | Five year survival rate (%)†
|
No of excess deaths‡
|
No (%) of avoided deaths§ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-5 | 1986-90 | Observed | Expected | ||||
| Breast (women) (174) | 116 883 | 61.5 | 65.6 | 39 686 | 44 507 | 4 822 (10.8) | |
| Colon (153) | 68 481 | 34.9 | 38.7 | 42 083 | 44 643 | 2 560 (5.7) | |
| Bladder (188) | 49 318 | 58.3 | 60.7 | 19 413 | 20 570 | 1 157 (5.6) | |
| Melanoma (172, 187.7) | 15 940 | 69.6 | 76.4 | 3 756 | 4 855 | 1 098 (22.6) | |
| Rectum (154) | 44 388 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 27 818 | 28 907 | 1 090 (3.8) | |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (200, 202) | 23 719 | 38.9 | 42.8 | 13 583 | 14 509 | 926 (6.4) | |
| Cervix (180) | 19 108 | 57.7 | 61.3 | 7 401 | 8 080 | 679 (8.4) | |
| Stomach (151) | 43 585 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 39 500 | 40 127 | 627 (1.6) | |
| All leukaemias (204-8) | 17 757 | 22.2 | 25.1 | 11 577 | 12 042 | 465 (3.8) | |
| Kidney (189) | 15 170 | 34.1 | 36.8 | 9 605 | 10 004 | 400 (4.0) | |
| Lung (162) | 146 075 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 138 294 | 138 620 | 326 (0.2) | |
| Ovary (183) | 21 241 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 15 249 | 15 561 | 311 (2.0) | |
| Brain (191) | 12 001 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 10 156 | 10 454 | 298 (2.8) | |
| Prostate (185) | 51 910 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 30 431 | 30 725 | 294 (1.0) | |
| Bone (170) | 1 630 | 39.3 | 49.7 | 822 | 989 | 167 (16.9) | |
| Hodgkin's disease (201) | 5 021 | 68.8 | 72.0 | 1 406 | 1 558 | 151 (9.7) | |
| Thyroid (193) | 3 583 | 64.2 | 68.3 | 1 134 | 1 285 | 151 (11.8) | |
| Testis (186) | 5 581 | 88.2 | 90.2 | 544 | 656 | 112 (17.1) | |
| Eye (190) | 1 737 | 65.3 | 68.4 | 542 | 601 | 59 (9.8) | |
| Penis (187.1-187.4) | 1 325 | 63.2 | 67.3 | 433 | 487 | 54 (11.1) | |
| Larynx (161) | 8 787 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 3 351 | 3 380 | 30 (0.9) | |
| All other malignancies¶ | 109 362 | 81 131 | 82 396 | 1 265 (1.5) | |||
| All malignancies (140-208) | 782 602 | 497 915 | 514 957 | 17 041 (3.3) | |||
Adults (aged 15-99 years) with cancer diagnosed during 1986-90 who were included in survival analyses.
Standardised for age and sex for patients with cancer diagnosed during 1981-5 and 1986-90.
Deaths in excess of general population mortality within five years of diagnosis among patients with cancer diagnosed during 1986-90. Observed=actual number; expected=estimated number if patients experienced same survival as those with cancer diagnosed during 1981-5 (see text for details).
Difference between observed and expected excess deaths (percentage of expected deaths). Discrepancies in totals or subtractions are due to rounding of estimated numbers.
Breast cancer in men and 26 other cancers.