EXCLUSIVE: NHS England's 2023 Cancer Services report recorded Devon as having just over 9,000 new cancer cases, giving a rate of 716 cases of the disease per 100,000 people.
READ MORE: Number waiting over 6 weeks for NHS cancer tests soars 23-FOLDPeople in Devon are statistically the most likely in England to be diagnosed with cancer, according to newly published NHS data.
Nationally, England recorded over 340,000 new cancer cases between April 2022 and March 2023, a rate of 548 per 100,000 people, the latest available data.Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly came second, with 715 cases of the disease per 100,000 people, just shy of Devon. After the north east of the capital, the north west recorded 329 cancer cases per 100,000 people, followed by north central London at 363 cases per 100,000 people.
'Towns on the south coast have a lot of older residents, who are at much higher risk of cancer, compared to urban areas like London which have a younger population.'
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