© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Lung cancer and smoking – UK November 2009 The statistics in this presentation are based on the Lung CancerStats report published in However, the incidence, mortality and survival statistics have been updated to reflect the latest available data. For more information about UK cancer statistics please contact or visit

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Table One: Number of new cases and rates of lung cancer, UK by country, 2006 EnglandWalesScotlandN.IrelandUK Cases Males18,0261,2992, ,381 Females13, , ,646 Persons31,1672,2834, ,027 Crude rate per 100,000 population Males Females Persons Age-standardised rate (European) per 100,000 population Males % CI Females % CI Persons % CI

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure One: Number of new cases and incidence rates for lung cancer, by age and sex, UK, 2006

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Two: Age-standardised* incidence rates for lung cancer, by sex, world regions, 2006 * to the European standard population

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Three: Age-standardised* incidence rates for lung cancer, by sex, UK, 1993–2006 * To the European standard population

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Four: Effects of stopping smoking at various ages on the cumulative risk (%) of death from lung cancer by age 75 for men

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Table Two: Brief description of the main stages of non- small cell lung cancer

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Five: Relative one year survival for lung cancer, England and Wales, 1971–2006

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Six: Relative five year survival for lung cancer, England and Wales, 1971–2006

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Seven: Lung cancer deaths as a percentage of all deaths from cancer, UK, 2007

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Eight: Number of deaths and age-specific mortality rates, lung cancer, by sex, UK, 2007

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Table Three: Number of deaths and mortality rates of lung cancer, UK, 2007 EnglandWalesScotlandN.IrelandUK Deaths Males15,8111,1032, ,637 Females11, , ,872 Persons27,6801,8944, ,509 Crude rate per 100,000 population Males Females Persons Age-standardised rate (European) per 100,000 population Males % CI Females % CI Persons % CI

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Nine (a) Males: Lung: mortality* by health authority, UK and Ireland, 1991–1999

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Nine (b) Females: Lung: mortality* by health authority, UK and Ireland, 1991–1999

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Ten: Age-standardised (European) mortality rates, lung cancer, by sex, EU, 2006

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Eleven (a) Males: Age-standardised mortality rates, male lung cancer, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (NI)

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Eleven (b) Females: Age-standardised mortality rates, female lung cancer for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (NI)

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Twelve (a) Males): Age-specific mortality rates of lung cancer, males, England and Wales,

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Twelve (b) Females): Age-specific mortality rates of lung cancer, females, England and Wales,

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Thirteen: Birth cohort mortality for lung cancer, males and females aged 35-84, England and Wales

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Fourteen: Percentage of persons aged 16 and over, who smoke cigarettes, Great Britain,

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Fifteen: Prevalence of cigarette smoking by age, persons aged 16 and over, Great Britain,

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Sixteen: Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group, England, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Seventeen: Self-reported cigarette smoking percentages by sex and minority ethnic group, persons aged 16 and over, England, 2004

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Eighteen: Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex, England and Government Office Regions, 2007

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Nineteen: Stages of the worldwide tobacco epidemic

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Figure Twenty: Percentage of children smoking, by age, England, 2008

© Cancer Research UK 2007 Registered charity number Table Four: Key provisions in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control