Cancer Diagnosis

Summary

The requester asked for monthly cancer diagnosis data in the Isle of Man from January 2015 to the most recent available month. Manx Care disclosed the requested data sourced from the Somerset Cancer Registry, noting it is unvalidated and subject to phased implementation limitations.

Key Facts

• The data provided is sourced solely from the Somerset Cancer Registry (SCR) and has not been validated.
• The SCR was implemented in the Isle of Man in 2012 on a phased, specialty-by-specialty basis, leading to historical recording inconsistencies.
• Total cancer diagnoses rose from 252 in 2015 to 910 in 2023, before dropping to 856 in 2024.
• Data for 2025 is only available for January (55 diagnoses) as the response was issued in February 2025.
• Wider validated reports covering incidence and mortality up to 2019 are available via the Public Health website.

Data Disclosed

• 252
• 353
• 514
• 536
• 721
• 851
• 905
• 910
• 856
• 55
• 2012
• 2015
• 2019
• 2025-02-04
• 2025-02-25
• 4420542

Original Request

All new diagnosis of any cancer starting from 2015, January, up to most recent months data, prepared in a month by month basis.

Data Tables (7)

Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

All new diagnosis of any cancer starting from 2015, January, up to most recent months data, prepared in a month by month basis

The information in the table below is taken solely from the Somerset Cancer Registry (SCR) and has not been validated.

It should be noted that the Somerset Cancer Register (SCR) was implemented in the Isle of Man in 2012. This has developed the reporting potential for cancer data for the Isle of Man. However, the SCR implementation was done on a phased (specialty by specialty) process and therefore, some cancer types have better recording than others historically. Month 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
(Year to Date - end of January) January 26 15 47 43 51 78 67 53 74 69 55 February 20 21 40 36 35 69 56 74 74 69 0 March 14 25 56 30 59 77 57 82 81 76 0 April 14 27 23 50 60 35 69 60 58 60 0 May
18 32 49 46 66 21 61 67 66 74 0 June 26 27 31 45 56 45 92 60 92 58 0 July 17 17 54 60 76 55 86 78 77 82 0 August 20 37 49 45 51 63 74 94 88 79 0 September 22 33 44 44 60 73 92 84 69 78 0 October 23 43 44 46 65 72 71 86 74 81 0 November 28 36 50 49 69 58 72 96 77 64 0 December 24 40 27 42 73 75 54 71 80 66 0 Total
252 353 514 536 721 721 851 905 910 856 55

Wider validated reports regarding cancer

For wider validated data on cancer, please see the Cancer Intelligence report, which is published on the Public Health website - https://www.gov.im/about- the-government/departments/cabinet-office/public-health/health-intelligence/cancer-intelligence-report/ This captures cancer incidence and mortality up to 2019. It is a report providing statistics on the incidence of cancer in Manx residents. It is produced by the Cancer Intelligence Group, a collaborative group of professionals from both Public Health and Manx Care. Please note that our data can be sensitive to large fluctuations when case numbers are small. This also means we have restrictions on the data because of small populations sizes.

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 4420542 25 February 2025

Dear

We write further to your request, received 4 February 2025, which states:

"All new diagnosis of any cancer starting from 2015, January, up to most recent months data, prepared in a month by month basis."

Response

Our response to your request is as follows: A copy of the requested information has been attached.

Please quote the reference number 4420542 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely