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

Table 2b.

Age-standardised all cancer and specific cancers mortality rates (per 100,000 population) for females, 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.

Year
% 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 343 361 350 352 366 353 3 −3 −1
2 306 321 311 302 313 303 −1 −3 −5
3 293 302 299 282 275 264 −4 −4 −7
4 285 300 275 256 241 230 −10 −4 −14
Least deprived 265 275 257 236 224 210 −11 −6 −17
All Scotland 297 312 298 283 283 267 −5 −6 −10
Lung (ICD-9 162; ICD-10 C33−34)
Most deprived 72 94 99 117 127 121 63 −5 56
2 49 72 78 90 93 90 81 −3 76
3 43 58 65 72 71 69 67 −3 62
4 40 49 57 59 50 46 45 −8 33
Least deprived 37 48 46 46 39 36 24 −8 14
All Scotland 48 64 69 75 75 69 56 −7 45
Breast (female) (ICD-9 174; ICD-10 C50)
Most deprived 55 55 44 39 36 36 −30 0 −30
2 53 53 45 37 39 35 −30 −11 −38
3 57 54 46 39 38 33 −31 −11 −39
4 55 57 45 37 38 33 −32 −14 −41
Least deprived 52 54 47 37 37 34 −28 −10 −35
All Scotland 54 55 45 38 38 34 −30 −11 −37
Colorectal (ICD-9 153, 154.0−154.1; ICD-10 C18−20)
Most deprived 42 36 31 30 30 30 −28 −1 −28
2 44 37 29 27 27 26 −40 −2 −41
3 43 37 30 26 26 27 −40 5 −37
4 44 41 30 25 25 24 −43 −6 −46
Least deprived 42 38 30 26 24 25 −39 2 −37
All Scotland 43 38 30 27 27 26 −38 −1 −39
Ovary (ICD-9 183.0; ICD-10 C56)
Most deprived 14 17 14 14 15 13 −4 −10 −13
2 14 16 18 14 14 14 −4 −4 −8
3 16 17 16 15 14 12 −4 −18 −21
4 17 16 17 15 14 14 −12 3 −9
Least deprived 15 17 17 14 14 13 −8 −8 −16
All Scotland 15 16 16 14 14 13 −6 −8 −14
Pancreas (ICD-9 157; ICD-10 C25)
Most deprived 17 14 14 16 15 15 −6 1 −4
2 15 14 14 14 16 14 −8 −10 −17
3 14 13 14 13 13 13 −2 1 −1
4 14 14 10 12 12 13 −12 3 −9
Least deprived 14 11 12 11 11 11 −22 3 −19
All Scotland 15 13 13 13 13 13 −10 −1 −11
Oesophagus (ICD-9 150; ICD-10 C15)
Most deprived 12 14 13 12 14 12 −2 −13 −15
2 11 14 12 11 12 11 −3 −9 −12
3 10 14 12 12 11 9 12 −17 −6
4 12 12 11 10 8 9 −14 4 −11
Least deprived 9 11 9 8 8 7 −8 −5 −12
All Scotland 11 13 11 10 10 9 −4 −9 −13
Liver (ICD-9 155; ICD-10 C22)
Most deprived 3 4 6 9 9 11 178 20 234
2 3 4 4 7 6 8 137 20 185
3 2 3 4 6 6 7 203 20 264
4 2 3 4 5 5 7 147 36 235
Least deprived 2 3 4 5 4 6 158 45 274
All Scotland 2 3 5 6 6 8 162 25 225
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ICD-9 200, 202; ICD-10 C82−86)
Most deprived 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 7 17
2 6 8 9 6 8 7 −1 −12 −13
3 5 8 9 7 7 7 56 3 60
4 6 9 7 8 7 6 32 −10 19
Least deprived 7 8 9 7 7 6 7 −19 −13
All Scotland 6 9 9 7 7 7 18 −7 10
Corpus uteri (ICD-9 182; ICD-10 C54)
Most deprived 4 4 4 6 6 6 42 4 48
2 5 4 5 6 5 7 23 35 67
3 5 4 5 5 7 7 0 7 7
4 4 4 4 5 4 6 0 53 53
Least deprived 4 4 5 6 6 6 61 7 72
All Scotland 4 4 5 5 5 6 0 17 44
Stomach (ICD-9 151; ICD-10 C16)
Most deprived 30 18 16 9 10 8 −70 −26 −77
2 23 17 12 9 8 6 −63 −26 −73
3 22 13 9 8 6 6 −66 −10 −69
4 18 14 9 5 5 5 −70 0 −70
Least deprived 16 10 7 5 6 4 −68 −24 −76
All Scotland 22 14 10 7 7 6 −67 −21 −74
Leukaemia (ICD-9 204−208; ICD-10 C91−95)
Most deprived 6 7 6 6 6 6 13 −5 7
2 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 −6 −1
3 6 6 7 6 6 6 −6 −3 −9
4 6 5 6 6 6 5 3 −20 −17
Least deprived 7 6 6 6 5 5 −19 0 −19
All Scotland 6 6 6 6 6 6 −3 −9 −11
Cervix uteri (ICD-9 180; ICD-10 C53)
Most deprived 13 10 6 6 6 6 −55 1 −55
2 10 10 5 4 5 5 −64 3 −63
3 8 7 5 4 4 4 −52 1 −52
4 7 6 3 3 3 2 −61 −32 −73
Least deprived 6 4 3 3 2 2 −53 −11 −58
All Scotland 9 7 4 4 4 4 −57 −5 −59
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.