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. 2021 Oct;74:102010. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.102010

Table 2a.

Age-standardised all cancer and specific cancers mortality rates (per 100,000 population) for males, all ages, in 1981 (1980-83), 1991 (1991-93), 2001 (2000-03), 2011 (2010-13) and 2016 (2015-18) by most to least deprived fifth. Rates for all Scotland are shown in bold-italics.

Years
% Change
1981a 1991a 2001a 2011a 2011b 2016b 1981−2011a 2011−2016b 1981−2016c
All cancers (ICD-9 140−208; ICD-10 C00–C97)
Most deprived 611 622 555 516 537 504 −15 −6 −21
2 534 544 490 441 452 431 −17 −5 −21
3 492 503 461 397 400 377 −19 −6 −24
4 438 470 427 368 352 334 −16 −5 −20
Least deprived 430 417 381 344 318 296 −20 −7 −26
All Scotland 497 510 461 407 407 379 −18 −7 −23
Lung (ICD-9 162; ICD-10 C33−34)
Most deprived 263 250 190 168 178 150 −36 −16 −46
2 215 196 149 126 135 120 −41 −11 −48
3 185 163 130 100 100 90 −46 −10 −52
4 150 141 107 85 76 66 −44 −13 −51
Least deprived 151 114 83 68 57 51 −55 −11 −60
All Scotland 191 172 131 106 106 90 −44 −14 −53
Prostate (ICD-9 185; ICD-10 C61)0
Most deprived 36 53 48 50 50 45 40 −8 28
2 45 53 52 49 47 48 8 2 10
3 43 53 56 48 50 50 12 −1 11
4 41 62 61 52 54 46 27 −14 9
Least deprived 43 54 58 55 52 46 28 −11 15
All Scotland 42 55 55 51 51 47 22 −8 13
Colorectal (ICD-9 153, 154.0−154.1; ICD-10 C18−20)
Most deprived 64 60 54 50 54 49 −21 −9 −29
2 57 60 53 46 45 43 −19 −4 −22
3 57 56 51 42 42 40 −26 −6 −31
4 55 64 50 38 37 38 −30 0 −30
Least deprived 53 55 48 40 38 35 −25 −8 −31
All Scotland 57 59 51 43 43 40 −24 −6 −29
Oesophagus (ICD-9 150; ICD-10 C15)
Most deprived 26 28 32 31 31 30 19 −6 12
2 18 24 27 26 29 28 49 −6 41
3 17 26 27 25 26 25 46 −2 43
4 20 24 25 25 24 22 29 −6 21
Least deprived 18 20 23 23 20 20 28 −4 23
All Scotland 20 24 27 26 26 24 33 −6 25
Pancreas (ICD-9 157; ICD-10 C25)
Most deprived 21 20 18 18 18 19 −15 6 −10
2 19 20 18 20 20 19 1 −9 −8
3 22 20 15 16 17 15 −24 −10 −31
4 19 19 15 17 17 17 −14 −1 −14
Least deprived 19 15 16 16 15 16 −16 2 −14
All Scotland 20 19 16 17 17 17 −14 −3 −16
Liver (ICD-9 155; ICD-10 C22)
Most deprived 7 11 11 19 19 26 188 40 304
2 5 6 10 13 14 18 161 35 253
3 7 7 9 13 14 16 82 12 104
4 4 5 7 12 11 13 183 16 229
Least deprived 5 7 6 10 9 11 114 17 150
All Scotland 5 7 8 13 13 16 140 23 196
Bladder (ICD-9 188; ICD-10 C67)
Most deprived 29 23 20 20 22 17 −33 −22 −48
2 22 25 19 19 19 17 −14 −10 −23
3 22 21 19 17 16 17 −24 9 −18
4 21 21 15 15 14 14 −28 −1 −28
Least deprived 19 21 16 15 14 13 −24 −5 −28
All Scotland 22 22 18 17 17 16 −25 −7 −30
Head and neck (ICD-9 140−149, 160−161; ICD-10 C11−14, C30−32)
Most deprived 18 21 23 23 24 28 30 19 55
2 15 17 17 16 17 19 9 7 17
3 13 14 13 13 13 13 5 0 5
4 10 12 10 10 9 9 −6 1 −5
Least deprived 9 9 8 8 7 8 −18 16 −5
All Scotland 13 15 14 13 13 14 6 6 13
Stomach (ICD-9 151; ICD-10 C16)
Most deprived 48 42 31 18 20 19 −63 −5 −65
2 45 33 25 18 18 15 −61 −16 −67
3 40 32 22 16 15 12 −61 −22 −69
4 34 24 20 14 13 10 −59 −18 −66
Least deprived 31 22 16 12 12 8 −62 −36 −76
All Scotland 39 31 22 15 15 12 −61 −20 −69
Kidney (ICD-9 189.0; ICD-10 C64)
Most deprived 10 10 11 10 11 12 −2 13 11
2 9 9 10 11 10 11 25 8 35
3 9 9 11 10 11 11 6 4 10
4 7 8 10 9 8 10 16 18 37
Least deprived 7 11 9 9 8 9 22 8 31
All Scotland 8 9 10 9 9 10 13 9 23
Leukaemia (ICD-9 204−208; ICD-10 C91−95)
Most deprived 11 9 11 11 13 12 1 −1 0
2 11 8 11 12 11 11 6 −2 4
3 11 11 10 12 11 10 4 −6 −3
4 10 9 12 11 12 10 13 −21 −11
Least deprived 11 9 12 12 11 10 7 −12 −6
All Scotland 11 9 11 12 12 10 7 −10 −4
a

Based on Carstairs deprivation fifths at the postcode sector level of geography.

b

Based on Carstairs deprivation fifths at the data zone level of geography.

c

Change between 1981 and 2016 calculated using ((1 + proportion change 1981–2011) * (1 + proportion change 2011–2016)) – 1.