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Bowel Cancer: Women

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 74091

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women aged between (a) 50-60 and (b) 60-70 years olds have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in the last 12 months.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

Using the Rapid Cancer Registration Data between June 2024 and May 2025, the most recent 12-month period available:

  • a total of 2,221 female patients aged 50 to 59 years old were diagnosed with bowel cancer in England; and
  • a total of 3,380 female patients aged 60 to 69 years old were diagnosed with bowel cancer in England.

Further information is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/ndrs/data/data-sets/rcrd

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