Cancer mortality per incidence ratio in England 2016, by region and gender

The data displays the rate of mortality to cancer incidence excluding non-melanoma skin cancer in England in 2016, by region and gender. Cancer is an aggregation of diseases in which cells within the body grow abnormally, often spreading to other parts of the body. In this year, in the north east of England 0.51 males and 0.46 females died as a result of cancer, excluding NMSC, this is the highest recorded rate among males and females.