


Cancer incidence data for Scotland were provided by ISD Scotland on request, April 2020.Cancer incidence data for England were published by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service.Age-period-cohort modelling approach described here, using 2020-based population projections ( Office for National Statistics) and observed cancer incidence (1975-2018 for England, Scotland and Wales, 1993-2018 for Northern Ireland). Ovarian Cancer (C56-C57.4), Average Number of New Cases Per Year, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2016-2018Ĭalculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, February 2023.

Ovarian cancer incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rate ) for females are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries. Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cancer in females in the UK, accounting for 4% of all new cancer cases in females (2016-2018).In females and males combined, ovarian cancer is the 16th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 2% of all new cancer cases (2016-2018).
