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Overview of cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria

We serve a population of nearly 1.8 million people and of those, nearly 70,000 people are living with cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria. 55% of those are female (37,371) and 45% of those are male (30,732).

(Statistics have been provided by the Cancerstats website.)

The proportion of those living with cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria:

  • Greater Preston - 3.78%
  • Fylde and Wyre - 4.7%
  • West Lancashire - 4%
  • Morecambe Bay - 3.8%
  • East Lancashire - 3.3%

The number of people living with cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria could fill Ewood Park stadium more than two times!

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Prevalence by tumour site in females

  • Breast - 17,265 (44% of women with cancer)
  • Colorectal – 3,577 (9%)
  • Blood – 3,173 (8%)
  • Melanoma of skin – 3,041 (8%)

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Prevalence by tumour site in males

  • Prostate – 12,191 (35% of men with cancer)
  • Colorectal – 4,604 (13%)
  • Blood – 3,965 (12%)
  • Bladder (malignant and in situ) – 3,371 (10%)

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This means that:

  • 17,265 women are living with breast cancer
  • 8,181 people are living with colorectal cancer
  • 12,191 people are living with prostate cancer
  • 7,138 are living with blood cancers
  • 5,192 living with skin cancer

Source: Cancerstats website

 

  • One-year survival rates for the Living with and Beyond Cancer (LWBC) Alliance are in line with the national average: 73% vs 73.3% for England
  • Our five-year survival rate is 52.9% worse than the England average of 53.6%
  • Our 10-year survival rate is 43.4% worse than the England rate of 44.4%%

Source: Cancerstats website


The diagram below shows one-year survival by tumour type:

Colorectal (78%), Lung (35%), Breast (95%) and Prostate (96%)

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