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The rich picture on people at end of life<br />
Key facts and stats<br />
The facts on<br />
PEOPLE AT END OF LIFE<br />
This section of the rich picture<br />
presents some of the key stats<br />
and facts relating to people at<br />
end of life. You may benefit<br />
from referring to the Jargon<br />
Buster on page 58 for details<br />
on some of the terms used in<br />
this section. Please note that<br />
incidence and mortality data<br />
on all cancers exclude nonmelanoma<br />
skin cancer.<br />
1,559<br />
people die in the UK every day. (3,4,5)<br />
Over<br />
569,000<br />
people die in the UK every year (3,4,5)<br />
28%<br />
of all deaths in the UK are cancer deaths<br />
(around 161,400 cancer deaths in 2012) (3,4,5)<br />
355,000<br />
people a year need palliative care in England<br />
(a mid-point estimate) (34)<br />
147,000<br />
cancer survivors in the UK are in the last year<br />
of life (79)<br />
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