Cancer in Norway 2018
Cancer statistics of Norway of 2018 was published October 23 2019. The overall situation on cancer in Norway is reported in this publication.
Cancer in Norway 2018 will be available in printed version. The report is free of charge, and can be ordered by sending email to kreftregisteret@kreftregisteret.no
The cancer incidence in Norway is stable
In 2018, 34.190 new cancer cases were reported in Norway.
18.321 men were diagnosed with cancer in 2018. The most common cancer diagnosis the last five-year-period (2014-1018), for all age-groups were:
- Prostate cancer, 27,9%
- Lung cancer, 9,3%
- Colon cancer, 7,9%
- Cancer in the urinary tract, 6,9%
- Skin cancer, non-melanoma, 6,1%
15.869 women were diagnosed with cancer in 2018. These are the most common cancer types:
- Breast cancer, 22,3%
- Colon cancer, 10,1%
- Lung cancer, 10,0%
- Melanoma, 6,8%
- Skin cancer, non-melanoma, 6,4%
Changes in the five most common cancer types from 2017 to 2018
| Cancer type | New cases in 2017* | New caces in 2018 | Changes in number of caces from 2017 |
| Prostate cancer (men) | 4983 | 4848 | - 135 |
| Colon and rectum cancer | 4332 | 4428 | +96 |
| Breast cancer (women) | 3589 | 3568 | -21 |
| Lung cancer | 3214 | 3351 | + 137 |
| Melanoma | 2222 | 2325 | + 103 |
*numbers published for 2017 in October 2018
