1. All Teenage and Young Adult Cancers: 1991-2005**
Five-Year Relative Survival Rates, Ages 15-24, UK
Five-Year Relative Survival Rates
75.6
78.3
81.4
Male
95% LCL*
74.2
77.0
80.2
95% UCL*
76.8
79.5
82.4
Five-Year Relative Survival Rates
79.4
81.5
84.4
Female
95% LCL*
78.1
80.2
83.2
95% UCL*
80.7
82.7
85.4
*95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits around the five year survival rate. **Survival for Northern Ireland is included from 1993 onwards
All teenage and young adult cancers includes all invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin
cancers (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97 excluding C44), and all benign/uncertain brain/other CNS tumours
(ICD-10 codes: D32-D33, D35.2-D35.4, D42-D43 and D44.3-D44.5, except for Northern Ireland for
which ICD-10 codes: D32,D33.0-D33.4, D35.2-D35.4, D42, D43.0-D43.4 and D44.3-D44.5 are
included).
Prepared by Cancer Research UK
Original data sources:
North West Cancer Intelligence Service (NWCIS)