Number and characteristics of new cases of oesophageal cancer (C15) by histological subtype, period of diagnosis and country, 1995 to 2014
| Country | Period of diagnosis | Adenocarcinoma (AC) | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) | Other | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
| Cases | Cases included (%)* | Median age | % males | Cases | Cases included (%)* | Median age | % males | Cases | Cases included (%)* | Median age | % males | Cases | Cases included (%)* | Median age | % males | ||
| Australia | 1995–1999 | 1251 | 1249 (99.8%) | 71 | 82 | 1690 | 1686 (99.8%) | 71 | 49 | 33 | 33 (100%) | 72 | 58 | 399 | 360 (90.2%) | 75.5 | 59 |
| 2000–2004 | 1662 | 1654 (99.5%) | 70 | 82 | 1672 | 1668 (99.8%) | 72 | 51 | 38 | 37 (97.4%) | 67 | 65 | 441 | 375 (85.0%) | 76 | 59 | |
| 2005–2009 | 2145 | 2142 (99.9%) | 70 | 83 | 1604 | 1600 (99.8%) | 73 | 54 | 43 | 43 (100%) | 70 | 74 | 444 | 381 (85.8%) | 78 | 62 | |
| 2010–2014 | 2418 | 2410 (99.7%) | 69 | 84 | 1779 | 1772 (99.6%) | 72 | 53 | 34 | 34 (100%) | 70 | 71 | 451 | 352 (78.0%) | 77 | 62 | |
| Canada | 1995–1999 | 1900 | 1898 (99.9%) | 69 | 85 | 2119 | 2119 (100%) | 69 | 59 | 52 | 52 (100%) | 68 | 75 | 531 | 464 (87.4%) | 75 | 61 |
| 2000–2004 | 2524 | 2521 (99.9%) | 68 | 85 | 2030 | 2026 (99.8%) | 70 | 58 | 75 | 75 (100%) | 69 | 72 | 617 | 536 (86.9%) | 75 | 66 | |
| 2005–2009 | 3355 | 3352 (99.9%) | 67 | 84 | 2026 | 2025 (100%) | 70 | 61 | 112 | 112 (100%) | 67 | 78 | 646 | 571 (88.4%) | 75 | 68 | |
| 2010–2014 | 4324 | 4306 (99.6%) | 66 | 85 | 2215 | 2197 (99.2%) | 70 | 61 | 119 | 115 (96.6%) | 69 | 73 | 648 | 549 (84.7%) | 74 | 72 | |
| Denmark | 1995–1999 | 702 | 688 (98.0%) | 70 | 82 | 778 | 753 (96.8%) | 65 | 63 | 29 | 29 (100%) | 67 | 83 | 213 | 198 (93.0%) | 73 | 68 |
| 2000–2004 | 880 | 875 (99.4%) | 70 | 81 | 843 | 837 (99.3%) | 66 | 62 | 28 | 27 (96.4%) | 60 | 85 | 200 | 190 (95.0%) | 74.5 | 72 | |
| 2005–2009 | 863 | 860 (99.7%) | 71 | 79 | 940 | 933 (99.3%) | 65 | 65 | 37 | 36 (97.3%) | 66 | 61 | 166 | 162 (97.6%) | 71.5 | 65 | |
| 2010–2014 | 1275 | 1274 (99.9%) | 69 | 80 | 1074 | 1074 (100%) | 67 | 66 | 22 | 22 (100%) | 70 | 77 | 112 | 107 (95.5%) | 72 | 71 | |
| Ireland | 1995–1999 | 553 | 553 (100%) | 69 | 76 | 642 | 640 (99.7%) | 70 | 50 | 12 | 12 (100%) | 59 | 67 | 273 | 232 (85.0%) | 78 | 56 |
| 2000–2004 | 690 | 689 (99.9%) | 70 | 80 | 688 | 685 (99.6%) | 69 | 47 | 16 | 16 (100%) | 67.5 | 81 | 230 | 196 (85.2%) | 76 | 53 | |
| 2005–2009 | 869 | 869 (100%) | 68 | 78 | 719 | 718 (99.9%) | 70 | 49 | 15 | 15 (100%) | 68 | 67 | 198 | 183 (92.4%) | 79 | 62 | |
| 2010–2014 | 757 | 754 (99.6%) | 69 | 80 | 623 | 618 (99.2%) | 71 | 49 | 17 | 17 (100%) | 66 | 59 | 90 | 82 (91.1%) | 76 | 59 | |
| New Zealand | 1995–1999 | 373 | 373 (100%) | 71 | 82 | 386 | 385 (99.7%) | 71 | 55 | 17 | 17 (100%) | 74 | 65 | 184 | 179 (97.3%) | 75 | 58 |
| 2000–2004 | 554 | 553 (99.8%) | 71 | 83 | 432 | 431 (99.8%) | 72 | 47 | 12 | 12 (100%) | 71 | 50 | 180 | 172 (95.6%) | 78 | 61 | |
| 2005–2009 | 690 | 690 (100%) | 71 | 82 | 428 | 426 (99.5%) | 75 | 45 | 15 | 15 (100%) | 61 | 80 | 158 | 145 (91.8%) | 78 | 58 | |
| 2010–2014 | 761 | 761 (100%) | 71 | 84 | 479 | 479 (100%) | 72 | 49 | 23 | 23 (100%) | 69 | 87 | 162 | 156 (96.3%) | 77 | 69 | |
| Norway | 1995–1999 | 277 | 277 (100%) | 72 | 82 | 454 | 450 (99.1%) | 69 | 68 | 8 | 8 (100%) | 70 | 88 | 78 | 72 (92.3%) | 76 | 75 |
| 2000–2004 | 406 | 403 (99.3%) | 72 | 75 | 389 | 386 (99.2%) | 70.5 | 67 | 10 | 10 (100%) | 67 | 80 | 76 | 71 (93.4%) | 77 | 65 | |
| 2005–2009 | 494 | 493 (99.8%) | 70 | 81 | 371 | 369 (99.5%) | 68 | 64 | 17 | 17 (100%) | 68 | 65 | 91 | 83 (91.2%) | 75 | 65 | |
| 2010–2014 | 721 | 717 (99.4%) | 69 | 82 | 425 | 420 (98.8%) | 68 | 68 | 18 | 18 (100%) | 78 | 50 | 88 | 77 (87.5%) | 74 | 62 | |
| UK | 1995–1999 | 14 959 | 14 925 (99.8%) | 71 | 75 | 11 520 | 11 480 (99.7%) | 71 | 45 | 249 | 248 (99.6%) | 69 | 65 | 7393 | 6857 (92.7%) | 77 | 55 |
| 2000–2004 | 18 778 | 18 742 (99.8%) | 72 | 77 | 12 225 | 12 195 (99.8%) | 72 | 45 | 273 | 273 (100%) | 69 | 65 | 5855 | 5359 (91.5%) | 77 | 57 | |
| 2005–2009 | 22 223 | 22 181 (99.8%) | 71 | 78 | 12 299 | 12 269 (99.8%) | 72 | 46 | 349 | 347 (99.4%) | 70 | 67 | 4863 | 4365 (89.8%) | 77 | 59 | |
| 2010–2014 | 25 731 | 25 685 (99.8%) | 71 | 79 | 12 811 | 12 767 (99.7%) | 72 | 47 | 474 | 472 (99.6%) | 71 | 63 | 3959 | 3480 (87.9%) | 79 | 60 | |
*Reasons for exclusion include DCOs, cases diagnosed at autopsy, data inconsistencies (dates, invalid age), under 15 or over 99 years at diagnosis, missing/incomplete dates.
DCOs, death certificates only.