Women & Bowel Cancer
Key bowel cancer statistics for women
Q: How many women are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the
UK every year?
A: 17,894 women across the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer
each year.
Bowel cancer is the 3rd most commonly diagnosed
cancer in women in the UK (17,894) - behind breast (47,693) and
lung (17,960).
Q: What are the five most commonly diagnosed cancers in
women?
A: The five most commonly diagnosed cancers in women are:
Breast: 47,693, Lung: 17,960, Bowel: 17,894, Uterus: 7,703 and
Ovarian: 6,537
More than twice as many women are diagnosed with bowel
cancer each year in the UK than are diagnosed with either ovarian
cancer or cancer of the uterus.
Q: How many women are die from bowel cancer in the UK
every year?
A: 7,501 women across the UK die from bowel cancer each
year.
Bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cause of cancer
death in women in the UK - after breast and lung.
Q: What are the three most common causes of cancer death
in women in the UK?
A: The three most common causes of cancer death in women in the
UK are:
Breast: 12,047, Lung: 15,393 and Bowel: 7,501
Q: What is a woman's lifetime risk of developing bowel
cancer?
A: A woman's lifetime risk of developing bowel cancer is 1 in
19. A women's lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is 1 in
54.
Q: Does a woman's risk of bowel cancer increase with
age?
A: Bowel cancer is the 3rd most commonly diagnosed
cancer in women between the ages of 50-74 - after breast and lung
cancer
It is the 2nd most commonly diagnosed cancer in women
after the age of 74 - after breast cancer.
