Cervical Cancer: Older People

(asked on 14th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of cervical cancer for women over 50 years old was in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 27th June 2016

The incidence of cervical cancer for women over 50 years old in each of the last 10 years can be found in the following table.

Number and age-standardised incidence rate of cervical cancers (C53) in women aged 50 and over, in England, from 2001 to 2013

Year

Total Number of Tumours

Age Standardised Incidence Rate (per 100,000)

2001

1,160

13.022

2002

1,082

11.935

2003

1,124

12.279

2004

991

10.763

2005

981

10.704

2006

1,004

10.820

2007

969

10.404

2008

927

9.823

2009

971

10.198

2010

918

9.518

2011

964

9.894

2012

984

9.974

2013

1,024

10.206

Source: https://cancerdata.nhs.uk/incidence/age_standardised_rates

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