Liver cancer is the 8th most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for 3% of all cancer deaths (2016).[1-3]
In males in the UK, liver cancer is the 8th most common cause of cancer death (4% of all male cancer deaths). In females in the UK it is the 11th most common cause of cancer death (3% of all female cancer deaths).
60% of liver cancer deaths in the UK are in males, and 40% are in females.
Liver cancer mortality rates (European age-standardised
Liver Cancer (C22), Number of Deaths, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2016
|AS Rate - 95% LCL||11.1||14.9||10.2||10.2||11.6|
|AS Rate - 95% UCL||12.0||18.2||13.8||15.7||12.4|
|AS Rate - 95% LCL||6.0||6.4||5.1||6.8||6.1|
|AS Rate - 95% UCL||6.5||8.4||7.4||10.7||6.7|
|AS Rate - 95% LCL||8.4||10.4||7.8||9.0||8.7|
|AS Rate - 95% UCL||8.9||12.3||9.9||12.3||9.2|
For liver cancer mortality differences between countries largely reflect differences in incidence.
- Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, October 2017. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
- Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2017. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
- Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, December 2017. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
About this data
Data is for UK, 2016, ICD-10 C22.