One in five men in two areas of Lancashire are expected to die from cancer before they are 80, shock new data has revealed. Blackpool (21.1%) and Burnley (20.7%) have some of the worst cancer survival rates in the country, as NHS figures showed cancer care was a postcode lottery. Rates elsewhere in the county were also high with Hyndburn (19.1%), Blackburn with Darwen (18.5%) and Preston (18.2%) completing the top five.
This was higher than more leafy and affluent areas such as the Ribble Valley (15.6%). For women, Blackpool again had the highest percentage at (15.3%) followed by Blackburn with Darwen (15.2%) and then Burnley (14.9%). READ MORE: The data showed people in poorer areas are 70% more likely to die before the age of 80 than others. Northern cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Hull and Newcastle have the highest cancer death rates in England. A new report by The Lancet Oncology showed huge discrepancies on the likelihood of dying of cancer before the age of 80 in 2019 based on your gender and where you liv