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United Kingdom - Scotland Cancer Mortality 2014

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Cancer Mortality in Scotland (2014)
Provider 
Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
Tabulations only
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
Scotland
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
January, 1989 - December, 2014
Series or system 
Scottish Cancer Registry
Data type
Disease registry
Summary 

Cancer Mortality in Scotland 2014 summarizes and tabulates the number of cancer deaths reported to National Services Scotland (NHS) and the National Records of Scotland (NRS) for 2014. Tables cover registered cancer deaths from 1989 to 2014.

In 2014, there were a total of 15,746 (7,665 female and 8,081 male) cancer deaths in Scotland. Cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung were the most common cause of cancer for both genders, resulting in 4,117 total deaths in 2014.

Keywords 
Bladder cancer, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Colon and rectum cancers, Hodgkin lymphoma, ICD-10, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Mesothelioma, Mortality, Multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Oesophagus cancer, Pancreas cancer, Prevalence, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers

Citation

Contributors 
Scottish Cancer Registry
National Records of Scotland
Publisher 
Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
Publication year 
2015
Suggested citation 
National Records of Scotland, Scottish Cancer Registry. United Kingdom - Scotland Cancer Mortality 2014. Edinburgh, Scotland: Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, 2015.

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