Almost 4 in 10 (37.8%) of all cancer cases were diagnosed through an urgent suspected cancer referral (two-week wait) in England in 2016.Age-appropriate cervical screening coverage has fallen slightly in England and Scotland in recent years.More than 7 in 10 (72.3%) of people with a cervix aged 25-64 were screened for cervical cancer within the previous 3.5 years (25-49) or 5 years (50-64) in Northern Ireland in 2017/18.Breast screening uptake within 6 months of invitation has fallen slightly in England in recent years.Around 7 in 10 (69.1%) of women aged 50-70 were screened for breast cancer within 6 months of invitation in Wales in 2018/19.Bowel screening uptake within 6 months of invitation has increased slightly in all UK nations in recent years.Almost two-thirds (63.2%) of persons aged 50-74 were screened for bowel cancer with FIT within 6 months of invitation in Scotland in 2019/20.Almost half (45.5%) of all cancer cases were diagnosed at stage 3 & 4 (out of those with a known stage at diagnosis) in England in 2018 – that’s more than 118,000 cases.See our publication Cancer Incidence by Broad Ethnic Group for more details. However, incidence rates are higher compared with the White ethnic group in males in the Black ethnic group (2013-2017). Incidence rates for all cancers combined are lower in the Asian and Black ethnic groups, and in people of mixed or multiple ethnicity, compared with the White ethnic group, in England.Each year more than a third (36%) of all cancer cases in the UK are diagnosed in people aged 75 and over (2016-2018).Incidence rates for all cancers combined in the UK are highest in people aged 85 to 89 (2016-2018).Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers together accounted for over half (53%) of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2016-2018.Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer.In males in the UK, there are around 193,000 new cancer cases every year (2016-2018).
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