We serve a population of nearly 1.8 million people and of those, nearly 70,000 people are living with cancer.

The following statistics have been provided by the Cancerstats website.

A breakdown of those living with cancer:

Male – 30,732

Female – 37,371

The diagram shows cancer prevalence by CCG of those people who are living with cancer.

Prevalence by tumour site in females

• Breast - 17,265 (44% of women with cancer)
• Colorectal – 3,577 (9%)
• Blood – 3,173 (8%)
• Melanoma of skin – 3,041 (8%)

Prevalence by tumour site in males

• Prostate – 12,191 (35% of men with cancer)
• Colorectal – 4,604 (13%)
• Blood – 3,965 (12%)
• Bladder (malignant and in situ) – 3,371 (10%)

This means that:

• 17,265 women are living with breast cancer
• 8,181 people are living with colorectal cancer
• 12,191 people are living with prostate cancer
• 7,138 are living with blood cancers
• 5,192 living with skin cancer

Source: Cancerstats website

The number of people living with cancer in Lancashire and South Cumbria could fill Ewood Park stadium more than 2 times.

- 1-year survival rates for the LWBC Alliance are in line with the national average: 73% vs 73.3% for England

- Our 5-year survival rate is 52.9% worse than the England average of 53.6%

- Our 10-year survival rate is 43.4% worse than the England rate of 44.4%%

Source: Cancerstats website

The diagram shows 1-year survival by tumour type:

Colorectal (78%), Lung (35%), Breast (95%) and Prostate (96%)