Cancer Registrations in England: Incidence Cases and Rates

Cancer Registrations in England presents the number of newly diagnosed cancer cases and age-standardised incidence rates for England. The data was produced by the Office for National Statistics and designated as National Statistics. The publication series was discontinued after the 2010 volume, with data now included in the Cancer Statistics Registrations, England (Series MB1) publication.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical cancer incidence trends in England based on reported case numbers.
• Calculating and comparing age-standardised cancer incidence rates for demographic studies.
• Serving as a reference for historical data prior to its integration into the consolidated MB1 series.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality assurance.
• Source agency is the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Data is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0, facilitating open use.

Limitations

• The dataset is discontinued; the last published volume covers data up to 2010.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

Up to 2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.841089; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is historical.

Geography

England