Comorbidities

United Kingdom
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Oesophageal cancer 2

Breast cancer 4

Colorectal cancer 5

Pancreatic cancer 7

Gallbladder cancer 9

Kidney cancer 11

Cancer of the uterus 13

Raised blood pressure 14

Raised cholesterol 17

Raised fasting blood glucose 20

Diabetes prevalence 22

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Oesophageal cancer

Men, 2018
  18

16

14
Incidence per 100,000

12

10

0
Cyprus

Greece

Italy

Bulgaria

Malta

Finland

Romania

Sweden

Spain

Croatia

Poland

Austria

Slovenia

Estonia

Luxembourg

Czechia

France

Germany

Portugal

Belgium

Ireland

Slovakia

Hungary

Denmark

Latvia

Lithuania

United Kingdom

Netherlands
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, oesophagus, adults ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

2
Women, 2018
6
 

5
Incidence per 100,000

0
Greece

Portugal

Bulgaria

Romania

Italy

Latvia

Malta

Cyprus

Estonia

Slovakia

Spain

Lithuania

Croatia

Poland

Slovenia

Austria

Sweden

Finland

Hungary

Czechia

Luxembourg

France

Germany

Belgium

Denmark

Netherlands

Ireland

United Kingdom
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, oesophagus, adults ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

3
Breast cancer

Women, 2018
 

150
Incidence per 100,000

100

50

0
Romania

Poland

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Lithuania

Estonia

Latvia

Slovenia

Croatia

Greece

Czechia

Portugal

Austria

Spain

Cyprus

Germany

Hungary

Malta

Denmark

Finland

Sweden

Ireland

Italy

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Belgium
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, breast, females, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

4
Colorectal cancer

Men, 2018
  120

100
Incidence per 100,000

80

60

40

20

0
Austria

Finland

Sweden

Germany

Luxembourg

Greece

Cyprus

Estonia

Lithuania

Malta

Italy

Romania

France

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Poland

Ireland

Czechia

Latvia

Belgium

Netherlands

Spain

Denmark

Croatia

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Hungary
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, colorectum, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

5
Women, 2018
  60

50
Incidence per 100,000

40

30

20

10

0
Cyprus

Austria

Romania

Bulgaria

Greece

Finland

Germany

Lithuania

Poland

Malta

Spain

Sweden

Italy

Czechia

France

Croatia

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Estonia

Ireland

United Kingdom

Latvia

Belgium

Portugal

Netherlands

Slovakia

Denmark

Hungary
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, colorectum, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

6
Pancreatic cancer

Men, 2018
  25

20
Incidence per 100,000

15

10

0
Ireland

Netherlands

Cyprus

Portugal

United Kingdom

Spain

Denmark

Italy

Sweden

Poland

Finland

Luxembourg

Germany

Greece

Austria

Romania

Belgium

Malta

Lithuania

Slovenia

Croatia

France

Czechia

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Hungary

Estonia

Latvia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, pancreas, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

7
Women, 2018
16
 
14

12
Incidence per 100,000

10

0
Portugal

Cyprus

Spain

Greece

Ireland

Poland

Romania

Bulgaria

Estonia

Lithuania

Croatia

United Kingdom

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Slovenia

Latvia

Malta

Sweden

Denmark

Finland

France

Czechia

Germany

Slovakia

Austria

Belgium

Hungary
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, pancreas, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

8
Gallbladder cancer

Men, 2018
  6

5
Incidence per 100,000

0
Malta

Latvia

Luxembourg

Bulgaria

Portugal

Finland

Lithuania

Cyprus

Denmark

Belgium

United Kingdom

Romania

France

Sweden

Austria

Ireland

Germany

Greece

Estonia

Netherlands

Italy

Poland

Spain

Croatia

Czechia

Hungary

Slovenia

Slovakia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, gallbladder, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

9
Women, 2018
8
 

6
Incidence per 100,000

0
Malta

Luxembourg

Latvia

Belgium

Portugal

Romania

Greece

Bulgaria

Lithuania

France

Austria

Denmark

Germany

Cyprus

Spain

Finland

Netherlands

Estonia

United Kingdom

Croatia

Ireland

Italy

Sweden

Poland

Czechia

Hungary

Slovenia

Slovakia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, gallbladder, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

10
 Kidney cancer

Men, 2018
  35

30
Incidence per 100,000

25

20

15

10

0
Cyprus

Romania

Portugal

Sweden

Luxembourg

Austria

Bulgaria

Finland

Netherlands

Malta

Poland

Germany

Belgium

Italy

Denmark

Spain

United Kingdom

Greece

Ireland

Slovenia

Croatia

Hungary

France

Slovakia

Latvia

Lithuania

Czechia

Estonia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, kidney, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per 100,000

11
 Women, 2018
  18

16

14
Incidence per 100,000

12

10

0
Cyprus

Bulgaria

Portugal

Romania

Greece

Spain

Sweden

Netherlands

Austria

Germany

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Denmark

Italy

Finland

Poland

Malta

Belgium

Ireland

Croatia

United Kingdom

France

Hungary

Slovakia

Czechia

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, kidney, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per 100,000

12
 Cancer of the uterus

Women, 2018
 
40

35

30
Incidence per 100,000

25

20

15

10

0
Malta

Finland

Spain

Austria

Luxembourg

Cyprus

Netherlands

France

Italy

Slovenia

Germany

Belgium

Croatia

Greece

United Kingdom

Portugal

Sweden

Poland

Czechia

Denmark

Ireland

Slovakia

Hungary

Lithuania

Romania

Bulgaria

Estonia

Latvia
Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, cervix uteri, females, ages 20+. ASR (World) per
100,000

13
 Raised blood pressure

Adults, 2015
 
30

25
% raised blood pressure

20

15

10

0
United Kingdom

Belgium

Netherlands

Greece

Spain

Sweden

Finland

Malta

Ireland

Cyprus

Germany

Denmark

Austria

Italy

Luxembourg

France

Portugal

Estonia

Czechia

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Poland

Lithuania

Latvia

Hungary

Romania

Slovenia

Croatia
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

14
 Men, 2015
40
 
35

30
% raised blood pressure

25

20

15

10

0
United Kingdom

Belgium

Greece

Ireland

Netherlands

Spain

Cyprus

Finland

Sweden

Germany

Malta

Austria

Italy

Denmark

France

Luxembourg

Portugal

Bulgaria

Estonia

Slovakia

Czechia

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Hungary

Lithuania

Latvia

Croatia
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

15
 Women, 2015
 
25

20
% raised blood pressure

15

10

0
United Kingdom

Belgium

Malta

Netherlands

Sweden

Finland

Spain

Denmark

Greece

Cyprus

Germany

Luxembourg

France

Ireland

Austria

Italy

Portugal

Estonia

Czechia

Slovakia

Latvia

Bulgaria

Poland

Lithuania

Hungary

Slovenia

Romania

Croatia
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

16
 Raised cholesterol

Adults, 2008
70
 

60

50
% raised cholesterol

40

30

20

10

0
Romania

Greece

Croatia

Bulgaria

Sweden

Slovakia

Czechia

Lithuania

Hungary

Latvia

Portugal

Spain

Slovenia

Estonia

Cyprus

Poland

Finland

Malta

Austria

Netherlands

France

Italy

Belgium

Ireland

United Kingdom

Denmark

Germany

Luxembourg
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885

Definitions: % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

17
 Men, 2008
  70

60

50
% raised cholesterol

40

30

20

10

0
Romania

Croatia

Greece

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Czechia

Lithuania

Latvia

Hungary

Estonia

Sweden

Slovenia

Portugal

Finland

Cyprus

Spain

Poland

Malta

Austria

Italy

Netherlands

France

Belgium

United Kingdom

Ireland

Denmark

Luxembourg

Germany
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885

Definitions: % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

18
 Women, 2008
 
60

50
% raised cholesterol

40

30

20

10

0
Romania

Greece

Sweden

Bulgaria

Croatia

Slovakia

Czechia

Spain

Poland

Hungary

Lithuania

Portugal

Latvia

Slovenia

Cyprus

Estonia

Malta

Austria

Netherlands

Finland

Ireland

Belgium

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Italy

Denmark

Luxembourg
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885

Definitions: % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

19
 Raised fasting blood glucose

Men, 2014
  7

6
% raised fasting blood glucose

0
Austria

Denmark

Belgium

Netherlands

Germany

Luxembourg

Sweden

Finland

France

Italy

United Kingdom

Ireland

Portugal

Cyprus

Spain

Greece

Croatia

Slovakia

Malta

Romania

Estonia

Czechia

Latvia

Hungary

Bulgaria

Poland

Slovenia

Lithuania
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

20
 Women, 2014
  9

8
% raised fasting blood glucose

0
Netherlands

Austria

Denmark

Belgium

Sweden

Germany

Finland

United Kingdom

Luxembourg

Italy

Greece

Ireland

Romania

Slovenia

France

Estonia

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Hungary

Lithuania

Malta
References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

21
Diabetes prevalence

Adults, 2021
 
10

8
% diabetes prevalence

0
Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom
Age: 20-79

Area covered: National

References: Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation.  IDF Diabetes Atlas, 10th edn. Brussels,
Belgium:International Diabetes Federation, 2021. http://www.diabetesatlas.org

Definitions: Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of diabetes, %

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