Mortality rates from the most common forms of cancer decreased substantially over the same period

Relative UK cancer incidence and mortality rates in people aged 35-69. Index, 1993-95 = 100

Female incidence

Male incidence

Female mortality

Male mortality

Non-Hodgkin

lymphoma

Melanoma skin

250

200

150

100

50

0

1995

2015

1995

2015

Lung

Bowel

250

200

150

100

50

0

1995

2015

1995

2015

Breast

Prostate

250

200

150

100

50

0

1995

2015

1995

2015

Female incidence

Male incidence

Female mortality

Male mortality

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Melanoma skin

Bowel

250

200

150

100

50

0

1995

2015

1995

2015

1995

2015

Lung

Breast

Prostate

250

200

150

100

50

0

2015

1995

2015

1995

2015

1995

Guardian graphic. Source: BMJ. 25 year trends in cancer incidence and mortality among adults aged 35-69 years in the UK, 1993-2018: retrospective secondary analysis, Jon Shelton et al. Note: three-year rolling average index, based on rate per 100,000 people