Publication, Part of Cancer Survival in England
Cancer survival: Index for sub-Integrated Care Boards, 2005 to 2020
National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Geographic variations in cancer survival between 2005 and 2020.
Between 2005 and 2020, the 1-year cancer survival index increased and geographic variation between sub-Integrated Care Boards (sub-ICBs) narrowed.
The index of cancer survival provides a single number to summarise the overall pattern of cancer survival. Figure 1 shows the sub-ICB variation in the 1-year index of cancer survival across time. The chart shows that the 1-year index of cancer survival for sub-ICBs has increased throughout the period for all sub-ICBs, while the difference in survival between sub-ICBs has decreased. Overall, the 1-year index of cancer survival for England has increased by 9 percentage points, from 65.6% in 2005 to 74.6% in 2020.
The range in 1-year index of cancer survival estimates for sub-ICBs (the gap between the highest and lowest sub-ICB) has narrowed from 9.1 percentage points in 2005 to 7.9 percentage points in 2020, which means there is now less geographic variation in cancer survival by sub-ICB in England.
Between 2005 and 2020, the range of the 1-year index of cancer survival for ICBs narrowed from 8.5 percentage points to 7.7 percentage points, and for CAs from 7.2 percentage points to 5.3 percentage points.
Although the index of cancer survival has increased in England and for all CAs, ICBs, and sub-ICBs between 2005 and 2020, the rate of change has varied across individual geographies. Table 1 shows the largest and smallest percentage changes for sub-ICBs – that is, those with the largest or smallest percentage point increases in the 1-year index of cancer survival for sub-ICBs between 2005 and 2020.
Even though a sub-ICB may be in the most or least changed categories, it does not mean that these sub-ICBs have the highest or lowest survival in 2020. The index has been designed to compare levels of survival over time for individual sub-ICBs (rather than comparing between sub-ICBs) – interpretation should focus on overall trends rather than on small changes in the survival index in a particular year.
Table 1: Sub-ICBs with the smallest and largest changes in the 1-year index of cancer survival in England between 2005 and 2020
Area name |
Index of cancer survival, 2005 (%) |
Index of cancer survival, 2020 (%) |
Percentage point change |
England |
64.4 |
74.6 |
9.0 |
Sub-ICBs with largest changes |
|
|
|
NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 01W |
62.4 |
77.7 |
15.3 |
NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 02A |
63.4 |
78.1 |
14.7 |
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 01E |
60.9 |
75.6 |
14.7 |
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - 12F |
62.3 |
76.5 |
14.2 |
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 01K |
62.9 |
76.9 |
14.0 |
Sub-ICBs with smallest changes |
|
|
|
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB - 03Q |
68.6 |
72.9 |
4.3 |
NHS Black Country ICB - D2P2L |
65.9 |
70.5 |
4.6 |
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB - 99F |
67.3 |
72.8 |
5.5 |
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB - 99G |
66.6 |
72.1 |
5.5 |
NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB - 15E |
66.8 |
72.4 |
5.6 |
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB - 05Q | 67.0 | 72.6 | 5.6 |
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB - 99E | 67.0 | 72.6 | 5.6 |
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB - 03F | 65.0 | 70.6 | 5.6 |
Note: the alphanumeric code following the ICB name is the historical code for the geography that existed before sub-ICBs, the Clinical Comissioning Group.
The Independent Cancer Taskforce set the ambition to increase 12 month survival to 75% by 2020 for all cancers combined. In 2020, the 1-year index of cancer survival was above 75% for 32 of 106 sub-ICBs, 17 of 42 ICBs and 9 of 21 CAs.
Last edited: 13 April 2023 9:31 am