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Causes of death and health conditions · Cancer

Kidney cancer deaths in the UK

In 2025, 3,754 deaths registered in England and Wales had Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except pelvis (ICD-10 C64) as the underlying cause, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was 59 more than in 2024 (3,695). It is the highest yearly figure since 2001.

England and Wales, 2025
3,754
deaths registered · ONS
Age-standardised rate, 2025
6.0
per 100,000 people · ONS
Scotland, 2024
393
deaths registered · NRS
Northern Ireland, 2024
115
deaths registered · NISRA

Deaths each year in England and Wales

3,7542,658 2001 2025
Deaths registered in England and Wales from Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except pelvis, 2001 to 2025. Office for National Statistics.

Taking account of the population's size and age, the ONS age-standardised death rate was 6.0 per 100,000 people in 2025, 7.7% lower than in 2013 (6.5). For men it was 8.4 and for women 4.0.

In 2025, 2,385 of the deaths were of men and 1,369 of women.

Kidney cancer, C64: deaths registered in England and Wales; rate per 100,000 from 2013.
YearAllMenWomenAge-standardised rate
20253,7542,3851,3696.0
20243,6952,3681,3276.0
20233,6842,4191,2656.1
20223,6822,4001,2826.2
20213,5812,2631,3186.2
20203,5232,1591,3646.2
20193,7222,3621,3606.6
20183,5542,2211,3336.4
20173,5472,1881,3596.5
20163,5772,2511,3266.7
20153,4892,2101,2796.6
20143,4972,1911,3066.7
20133,3122,0491,2636.5
20123,4322,1601,272–
20113,3902,0841,306–
20103,3272,0321,295–
20093,0591,8741,185–
20083,0851,8651,220–
20073,0351,8671,168–
20063,1021,9731,129–
20052,9311,8431,088–
20042,9541,8091,145–
20032,8231,7161,107–
20022,7711,7371,034–
20012,6581,6361,022–

Age at death

Of the 3,754 deaths in 2025 with an age recorded, 56.3% were of people aged 75 or over; the largest number, 1,229, was in the 75 to 84 age group.

Deaths by age at death, England and Wales.
Age2025: all2025: men2025: women2001: all
Under 1511839
15 to 4453391467
45 to 64681486195726
65 to 74895594301770
75 to 841,229778451786
85 and over885480405300

Scotland

National Records of Scotland recorded 393 deaths from this cause in 2024 (235 men, 158 women). In 2011 the figure was 341.

Deaths registered in Scotland. National Records of Scotland, vital events reference tables, table 6.01.
YearAllMenWomen
2024393235158
2023393241152
2022379256123
2021381228153
2020408253155
2019398232166
2018387235152
2017384230154
2016407252155
2015357210147
2014408253155
2013320186134
2012345206139
2011341208133

Northern Ireland

NISRA's Registrar General figures give 115 deaths from this cause registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, against 92 in 2014.

Deaths registered in Northern Ireland. NISRA, Registrar General Annual Report, table 6.4b.
YearAllMenWomen
20241156946
20231096346
20221086741
20211147836
20201348450
2019976334
20181187939
20171027725
2016965244
20151228240
2014926329

How the figures are defined

Each death is counted once, under its underlying cause: the disease or injury that started the chain of events leading to death, as certified by a doctor or coroner and coded by the ONS to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This page uses the ONS grouping “Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except pelvis”, codes C64. Other conditions mentioned on a death certificate are not counted here.

Registration dates, the deaths left out, the age-standardised rate and the ONS's coding changes are explained under how these figures are compiled.

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Sources and receipts

ONS mortality extracts for codes C64, with SHA-256 fingerprints; the ONS, NRS and NISRA workbooks are listed with the other sources.

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