Throat cancer deaths up 50 per cent in 40 years: Obesity, smoking and drinking blamed for steep rise

Numbers of people dying from oesophageal cancer - cancer of the gullet or food pipe - have risen by almost 50 per cent in the last 40 years according to new figures. Around 7,600 people - 13 in every 100,000 - died from oesophageal cancer in 2011, compared to around 3,800 in 1971 (eight in every 100,000). For men, death rates have jumped by 65 per cent since the 1970s, say figures published today by Cancer Research UK charity. They show a smaller increase for women, going up nine per cent. The rise is linked to the growing number of people developing the disease, with the UK having the highest rate of oesophageal cancer in Europe. About 6.4 out of every 100,000 people develop oesophageal cancer in the UK every year - almost double the European average of 3.3, according to figures released last year.

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