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.
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