page_title: Epidemiology of breast cancer
section_title: UK
hierarchical_section_title: Epidemiology of breast cancer / By region / UK
caption_attribution_description: English: Breast cancer incidence by age in women in the United Kingdom 2006-2008. Reference: Excel chart for Figure 1.1: Breast Cancer (C50), Average Number of New Cases per Year and Age-Specific Incidence Rates, UK, 2006-2008 at Breast cancer - UK incidence statistics at Cancer Research UK. Section updated 18/07/11.
context_page_description: Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women. Breast cancer comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women and 16% of all female cancers.
  In 2008, breast cancer caused 458,503 deaths worldwide. Lung cancer, the second most common cause of cancer-related death in women, caused 12.8% of cancer deaths in women.
  The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly attributed to the modern lifestyles.
context_section_description: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK (around 49,900 women and 350 men were diagnosed with the disease in 2011), and it is the third most common cause of cancer death (around 11,600 women and 75 men died in 2012). The age-standardised incidence rate of breast cancer is 113.4 per 100,000 populations in Wales and there has been a significant increase in the incidence of breast cancer in Wales over the last three decades, which is likely to be partly due to the introduction of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme.
caption: Breast cancer incidence by age in women (UK) 2006-08[21]
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