This atlas describes the geographical patterns in cancer incidence and mortality across the the UK and Ireland and relates them to risk factors and to levels of socio-economic deprivation. The inclusion of charts, tables and maps with data at the health authority level provides a detailed picture of the geographical variation, by sex where appropriate, in 21 common cancers (which account for around 90 per cent of all cancers). Maps display the geographical patterns for each type of cancer compared with the overall average for the UK and Ireland. The geographical patterns for the 21 cancers are compared and contrasted.

This cancer atlas will be of interest to all those requiring information about the geographical and socio-economic patterns in cancer, including organisations and academic researchers in the field of cancer epidemiology, cancer charities, public health staff in the NHS and in government departments, and the general public.

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