Cancer Registration Statistics, England, 2023

Users of cancer registration statistics include government organisations, health policymakers, cancer charities, academics and researchers, cancer registries, the 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, policymakers 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 Accredited Official Statistics on cancer survival (in conjunction with mortality data), which is used to support policy on prevention and treatment; as well as to monitor cancer performance indicators
• brief Government Ministers and respond to Parliamentary questions
• provide bespoke, aggregated tables in response to customer enquiries.