Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) Incidence Statistics

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia incidence by age

Incidence rates for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are highest in people aged 0 to 04 in the UK, with almost 1 in 3 (29%) of all new acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019).

View more detailed age stats on our dashboard for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia incidence by deprivation

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates) in England in females are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).1

Calculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, April 2020. Based on method reported in National Cancer Intelligence Network Cancer by Deprivation in England Incidence, 1996-2010 Mortality, 1997-2011. Using cancer incidence data 2013-2017 (Public Health England) and population data 2013-2017 (Office for National Statistics) by Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 income domain quintile, cancer type, sex, and five-year age band.

See also

Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England(XLSX, 78.6 KB)

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia mortality by deprivation (not directly comparable with incidence by deprivation)

Cancer incidence by deprivation for Scotland

Cancer incidence by deprivation for Wales

Cancer incidence by deprivation for Northern Ireland

About this data

Data is for England, 2013-2017, ICD-10 C21.

Last reviewed: 30 September 2020

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   Calculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, April 2020. Based on method reported in National Cancer Intelligence Network Cancer by Deprivation in England Incidence, 1996-2010 Mortality, 1997-2011. Using cancer incidence data 2013-2017 (Public Health England) and population data 2013-2017 (Office for National Statistics) by Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 income domain quintile, cancer type, sex, and five-year age band.

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   Calculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, April 2020. Based on method reported in National Cancer Intelligence Network Cancer by Deprivation in England Incidence, 1996-2010 Mortality, 1997-2011. Using cancer incidence data 2013-2017 (Public Health England) and population data 2013-2017 (Office for National Statistics) by Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 income domain quintile, cancer type, sex, and five-year age band.

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