Numbers of deaths where the underlying cause was lung cancer (ICD-10 C33–C34) and the corresponding age-standardised mortality rate per 100 000 population for England and Wales and the geographical area defined by the May 2013 boundaries of the three Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups from 2008 to 2016 (source: Office for National Statistics)11
| Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Lung cancer deaths England and Wales | 30 326 | 30 018 | 29 977 | 30 148 | 30 273 | 30 437 | 30 868 | 30 520 | 30 570 |
| Lung cancer age-standardised mortality rate England and Wales per 100 000 population (95% CI) | 64.4 (63.7 to 65.1) | 62.8 (62.1 to 63.5) | 61.8 (61.1 to 62.5) | 61.3 (60.6 to 62.0) | 60.4 (59.7 to 61.0) | 59.7 (59.0 to 60.4) | 59.3 (58.7 to 60.0) | 57.8 (57.1 to 58.4) | 56.9 (56.3 to 57.6) |
| Lung cancer deaths Leeds | 532 | 475 | 509 | 478 | 480 | 502 | 454 | 455 | 464 |
| Lung cancer age-standardised mortality rate Leeds per 100 000 population (95% CI) | 92.7 (84.8 to 100.6) | 82.0 (74.6 to 089.4) | 86.8 (79.2 to 94.4) | 81.7 (74.4 to 89.1) | 80.8 (73.5 to 88.1) | 83.6 (76.3 to 91.0) | 75.0 (68.1 to 82.0) | 74.1 (67.3 to 81.0) | 75.0 (68.1 to 81.8) |