Adapted from BMJ 21-28 March 2026
Cancer death rates in the UK are their lowest level on record.
This level peaked in 1989 and is now 29%. About 250 in every 100,000 die from cancer each year. This is 11% lower than ten years ago.
Cervical cancer has shown the greatest fall in death rates. Deaths have fallen 75% in the last 50 years. Much of this is due to cervical screening programmes. The progress is likely to continue as there has been a great impact in cervical cancer prevention since the vaccination programme against HPV started in 2008.
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