1. The Four Most Common Causes of Death by Age, 2009-2011
Average Percentages and Numbers of Deaths per Year, Females, UK
The percentages do not add up to 100% in some age groups due to rounding.
Deaths are presented for 1-14 years only because of the large numbers of deaths that occur in infants (for example, during childbirth or related to immaturity conditions or congenital anomalies). In , there was an average of 1,551 deaths per year in males aged under one, and 8 (0.5%) of these were due to malignant cancers (C00-C97).
Source: cruk.org/cancerstats
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