Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators - October 2013

Annual update of the 'Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities' headline indicators.


Cancer - incidence rate aged under 75 years

Summary

  • Over the long term, inequalities are stable in both absolute and relative terms.

There were more than 20,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2011. The incidence rate remained broadly stable between 1997 and 2007, but has increased slightly in recent years. The incidence of cancer is more common in deprived areas than in less deprived areas of Scotland (418 cases per 100,000 population, compared to 288 per 100,000, in 2011). While there have been short-term fluctuations in both the relative and absolute levels of inequality, there is no clear long-term trend.

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Absolute range over time

Absolute range over time

Scale / context

Number of new cases

Target population size

Rate per 100,000 (EASR)

1996

18,129

4,754,906

345.0

1997

17,163

4,740,269

326.7

1998

17,106

4,729,975

322.9

1999

16,917

4,721,298

318.5

2000

17,131

4,708,667

321.3

2001

17,143

4,703,661

319.6

2002

17,525

4,690,508

324.3

2003

17,563

4,690,603

321.1

2004

18,146

4,706,922

329.1

2005

17,971

4,718,403

322.4

2006

18,150

4,734,676

323.3

2007

18,749

4,755,963

331.1

2008

19,431

4,775,321

338.6

2009

19,971

4,795,479

343.6

2010

19,971

4,816,465

340.4

2011

20,002

4,841,726

337.1

Contact

Email: Craig Kellock

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