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Causes of death and health conditions · Cancer

Liver cancer deaths in the UK

The Office for National Statistics recorded 5,954 deaths in England and Wales in 2025 where the underlying cause was Malignant neoplasm of liver and intra hepatic bile ducts (ICD-10 C22). That was 60 more than in 2024 (5,894). It is the highest yearly figure since 2001.

England and Wales, 2025
5,954
deaths registered · ONS
Age-standardised rate, 2025
9.5
per 100,000 people · ONS
Scotland, 2024
632
deaths registered · NRS
Northern Ireland, 2024
204
deaths registered · NISRA

Deaths each year in England and Wales

5,9542,055 2001 2025
Deaths registered in England and Wales from Malignant neoplasm of liver and intra hepatic bile ducts, 2001 to 2025. Office for National Statistics.

Taking account of the population's size and age, the ONS age-standardised death rate was 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2025, 15.9% higher than in 2013 (8.2). For men it was 12.5 and for women 7.0.

In 2025, 3,574 of the deaths were of men and 2,380 of women.

Liver cancer, C22: deaths registered in England and Wales; rate per 100,000 from 2013.
YearAllMenWomenAge-standardised rate
20255,9543,5742,3809.5
20245,8943,5562,3389.6
20235,6343,4252,2099.3
20225,2863,2442,0428.9
20215,3883,2492,1399.3
20205,4453,3322,1139.5
20195,2763,1442,1329.3
20185,0563,1301,9269.1
20174,9673,0291,9389.1
20164,6962,8261,8708.7
20154,4562,6491,8078.4
20144,4522,6541,7988.5
20134,1812,5081,6738.2
20123,9982,3771,621–
20113,6062,1191,487–
20103,3391,9681,371–
20093,2021,8941,308–
20082,9901,7881,202–
20072,7481,6331,115–
20062,6641,6231,041–
20052,4701,4651,005–
20042,3321,382950–
20032,2391,361878–
20022,1761,246930–
20012,0551,175880–

Age at death

Of the 5,954 deaths in 2025 with an age recorded, 55.6% were of people aged 75 or over; the largest number, 2,219, was in the 75 to 84 age group.

Deaths by age at death, England and Wales.
Age2025: all2025: men2025: women2001: all
Under 153035
15 to 4497514660
45 to 64976605371463
65 to 741,5701,015555566
75 to 842,2191,316903685
85 and over1,089587502276

Scotland

National Records of Scotland recorded 632 deaths from this cause in 2024 (385 men, 247 women). In 2011 the figure was 420.

Deaths registered in Scotland. National Records of Scotland, vital events reference tables, table 6.01.
YearAllMenWomen
2024632385247
2023654405249
2022689430259
2021653397256
2020670416254
2019585377208
2018578384194
2017631375256
2016584373211
2015571350221
2014535338197
2013533343190
2012431249182
2011420263157

Northern Ireland

NISRA's Registrar General figures give 204 deaths from this cause registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, against 124 in 2014.

Deaths registered in Northern Ireland. NISRA, Registrar General Annual Report, table 6.4b.
YearAllMenWomen
202420412579
202319311578
202221212488
202117110665
202017410767
20191589662
20181568670
20171368452
20161699178
20151529161
20141247747

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 liver and intra hepatic bile ducts”, codes C22. Other conditions mentioned on a death certificate are not counted here.

The counting rules, the age-standardised rate and the ONS notes on changes in cause coding are described under how these figures are compiled.

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ONS mortality extracts for codes C22, with SHA-256 fingerprints; the ONS, NRS and NISRA workbooks are listed with the other sources.

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