Pancreatic cancer mortality per incidence ratio in England 2016, by region and gender
This statistic shows the rate of mortality to pancreatic cancer incidence in England in 2016, by region and gender. Cancer of the pancreas is cancer of the pancreas which is a gland that sits behind the stomach. Pancreatic cancer occurs when cells within the pancreas begin to grow abnormally. In the South West in this year, 99 percent of males and 99 percent of females who were diagnosed died as a result of cancer of the pancreas, this was the highest recorded rate among females and males.