Pancreatic Cancer in the Isle of Man

Summary

A request was made for statistics on total deaths, cancer deaths, and pancreatic cancer diagnoses, treatments, and survival rates in the Isle of Man between 2013 and 2018. The Department of Health and Social Care provided annual death and cancer statistics, pancreatic cancer diagnosis numbers from 2014 onwards, and treatment breakdowns, but noted that validated survival rate data was not yet available.

Key Facts

• Total deaths on the Isle of Man ranged from 778 in 2013 to 919 in 2018.
• Cancer accounted for between 229 and 272 deaths annually during the requested period.
• Pancreatic cancer diagnosis data was not collected in 2013 due to the absence of the Somerset Cancer Registry System.
• Diagnoses of pancreatic cancer increased from 2 in 2014 to 8 in 2018.
• A total of 27 pancreatic cancer patients received first-line treatment, with Palliative Care being the most common type (15 cases).
• Validated average survival rates for pancreatic cancer were not available at the time of the response.

Data Disclosed

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 778
• 805
• 852
• 856
• 836
• 919
• 255
• 260
• 239
• 229
• 243
• 272
• 2
• 5
• 6
• 8
• 27
• 15
• 5
• 3
• 2
• 833065
• 2019-05-20
• 2019-05-29

Original Request

Question 1: In the years 2013 to 2018 what was the total of all deaths recorded on the Isle of Man? Question 2: Of these deaths, how many were caused by Cancer? Question 3: In the years 2013 to 2018 how many people were diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the IOM? Question 4: How many of the people diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer underwent further treatment (surgery, chemo etc.)? Question 5: What is the average survival rate for those diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the Isle of Man?

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Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Angela Murray Freedom of Information Team DHSC Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas IM1 3QA

(01624) 642621 dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc

Our ref: 833065 29th May 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 20th May 2019 and states:

"Question 1: In the years 2013 to 2018 what was the total of all deaths recorded on the Isle of Man? Question 2: Of these deaths, how many were caused by Cancer? Question 3: In the years 2013 to 2018 how many people were diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the IOM? Question 4: How many of the people diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer underwent further treatment (surgery, chemo etc.)? Question 5: What is the average survival rate for those diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the Isle of Man?"

Our response to your request is as follows: Question 1: In the years 2013 to 2018 what was the total of all deaths recorded on the Isle of Man? 2013 778 2014 805 2015 852 2016 856 2017 836 2018 919

Question 2: Of these deaths, how many were caused by Cancer? 2013 255 2014 260 2015 239 2016 229 2017 243 2018 272 Question 3: In the years 2013 to 2018 how many people were diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the IOM? 2013 no data * 2014 2 2015 5 2016 6 2017 6 2018 8 * Data not collected as the Somerset Cancer Registry System not in place at that time. Question 4: How many of the people diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer underwent further treatment (surgery, chemo etc.)? 1st Treatment type Active Monitoring 2 Chemotherapy 3 Other 2 Palliative Care 15 Surgery 5 27 Question 5: What is the average survival rate for those diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on the Isle of Man? At present, we do not have validated/published incidence and mortality data for the IOM. This information is due from Public Health England on the analysis of the COSD data set. This, once published, will give us information on our cancer survival rates for all cancers. Information on mortality is available from https://www.gov.im/healthdata

Please quote the reference number 833065 in any future communications.

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