Cancer death rates hit new low but cases rise

CANCER death rates in the UK have hit a historic new low, according to data.

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The charity Cancer Research UK, which analysed the figures and shared them with the Press Association, said death rates have fallen by 11% in the last decade.

Around 247 in every 100,000 people in the UK are thought to die from cancer in any given year, which is a 29% drop on the peak in 1989 (around 355 per 100,000).

The data shows that ovarian cancer death rates have fallen by 19% in the last decade (2012-2014 to 2022-2024), while stomach cancer has dropped by 34% and lung cancer by 22%

Bowel cancer is down 6%, breast cancer by 14%, cervical cancer by 11% and leukaemia by 9%. Oesophageal cancer is also down 12%.