Table 2 Distribution of registered cancers from 2001–7 in England by ethnic group, including missing ethnicity values (percentages in brackets)
White | Indian | Pakistani | Bangladeshi | Black African | Black Caribbean | Chinese | All other ethnic groups | No ethnicity recorded | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast cancer | 182478 | (70.5) | 2194 | (0.8) | 1005 | (0.4) | 194 | (0.1) | 936 | (0.4) | 1674 | (0.6) | 540 | (0.2) | 15565 | (6.0) | 54331 | (21.0) | 258917 |
Ovarian cancer | 30579 | (72.5) | 288 | (0.7) | 185 | (0.4) | 42 | (0.1) | 117 | (0.3) | 181 | (0.4) | 101 | (0.2) | 2404 | (5.7) | 8289 | (19.6) | 42186 |
Cervical cancer | 12113 | (69.7) | 129 | (0.7) | 66 | (0.4) | 22 | (0.1) | 150 | (0.9) | 137 | (0.8) | 54 | (0.3) | 1367 | (7.9) | 3351 | (19.3) | 17389 |
Endometrial cancer | 28449 | (73.0) | 398 | (1.0) | 161 | (0.4) | 27 | (0.1) | 131 | (0.3) | 338 | (0.9) | 111 | (0.3) | 2355 | (6.0) | 7014 | (18.0) | 38984 |
All four cancers | 253619 | (70.9) | 3009 | (0.8) | 1417 | (0.4) | 285 | (0.1) | 1334 | (0.4) | 2330 | (0.7) | 806 | (0.2) | 21691 | (6.1) | 72985 | (20.4) | 357476 |