Cancer Registrations Statistics, England 2021- First release, counts only

Users of cancer registration statistics include government organisations, health policy makers, cancer charities, academics and researchers, cancer registries, the general public and the media.

Cancer registration statistics are used to:

• measure the occurrence of cancer within the population of England; used alongside cancer prevalence, mortality and survival, policy makers can determine the overall burden of cancer, which can inform cancer policies and programmes
• inform cancer research
• feed into cancer information such as leaflets, web pages and campaigns to raise cancer awareness
• produce National Statistics on cancer survival (in conjunction with mortality data), which is used to support policy on prevention and treatment; as well as to monitor a number of cancer performance indicators
• brief Government Ministers and respond to Parliamentary questions
• provide bespoke, aggregated tables in response to customer enquiries.