Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2017-2019.[1-4]
In females in the UK, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new female cancer cases. In males in the UK, it accounted for 1% of all new male cancer cases).
37% of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cases in the UK are in females, and 63% are in males.
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia incidence rates (European age-standardised
For chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, there are few established risk factors therefore differences between countries largely reflect differences in diagnosis and data recording.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (C91.1), Average Number of New Cases Per Year, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2017-2019
England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
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Female | Cases | 1,285 | 88 | 56 | 52 | 1,480 |
Crude Rate | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.4 | |
AS Rate | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 4.5 | |
Male | Cases | 2,141 | 173 | 86 | 72 | 2,472 |
Crude Rate | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | |
AS Rate | 8.9 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 8.6 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | |
Persons | Cases | 3,426 | 260 | 142 | 124 | 3,952 |
Crude Rate | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 6.0 | |
AS Rate | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 6.2 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 6.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 6.4 |
References
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England data were provided by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), part of the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, on request through the Office for Data Release, January 2023. Similar data can be found here: https://www.cancerdata.nhs.uk/
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Northern Ireland data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR) on request, October 2021. Similar data can be found here:http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
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Welsh data were published by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU), Health Intelligence Division, Public Health Wales https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/welsh-cancer-intelligence-and-surveillance-unit-wcisu/cancer-reporting-tool-official-statistics/ June 2022.
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Scotland data were provided by the Scottish Cancer Registry, Public Health Scotland (PHS) on request, May 2021. Similar data can be found here: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/show-all-releases?id=20468
About this data
Data is for UK, 2017-2019, ICD-10 C91.1.