Cancer Incidence in Wales 2000-2004

The Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU) has published Cancer Incidence Statistics for the period 2000-2004 on April 19^th 2006. Detailed incidence figures by sex and five year age band are produced for the diagnosis year 2004 along with trends in cancer incidence in Wales for 2000-2004. The previous triennial report for the period 1993-2002 was published on June 15^th 2005 covering incidence, mortality and survival in Wales and an update on incidence figures for the year 2003 was published on 28^th November 2005.

 

WCISU has reported on many cancer sites together with the summary category of all malignancies but excluding the non-melanoma skin cancers. There were 16,862 new malignancies registered amongst people living in Wales in 2004. The most common cancer sites in males are prostate, lung and bladder, and in females, breast, lung and colon.

 

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