Name |
Secondary Malignancy of Bone (sec_bone) |
Category |
Cancers |
Sex |
|
Adult |
Yes |
UUID |
951381c7-7907-4587-ace7-b1ce37ddd6e4 |
Definition |
Secondary Malignancy_Bone |
Ontologies
Key Summary Statistics
Cases from any source
Total |
5964 |
Female (%) |
2672 (45%) |
Male (%) |
3292 (55%) |
Year first recorded

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources
Cross-source concordance
Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Incidence & prevalence

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex
Female |
5.3 (3.76,6.85) |
Male |
4.76 (3.16,6.36) |
Incidence stratified by sex
Female |
6.03 (5.39,6.67) |
Male |
8.7 (7.86,9.53) |
Incidence stratified by age
Ages 40-44 |
1.71 (0.9,2.52) |
Ages 45-49 |
2.45 (1.61,3.28) |
Ages 50-54 |
3.99 (3.0,4.97) |
Ages 55-59 |
6.24 (5.12,7.36) |
Ages 60-64 |
10.03 (8.81,11.24) |
Ages 65-69 |
13.17 (11.57,14.76) |
Period prevalence
Methods
Comparison with general population
Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

Population |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
UK Biobank |
14 (11,18) |
33 (29,38) |
66 (60,71) |
CALIBER |
13 (12,14) |
33 (31,35) |
77 (74,80) |
Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status
Deprivation status |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
Least deprived |
10(4,20) |
36(27,48) |
61(50,73) |
Low |
9(4,20) |
29(21,40) |
54(44,65) |
Medium |
14(7,25) |
30(21,41) |
60(50,73) |
High |
22(13,33) |
34(25,46) |
76(63,90) |
Most deprived |
11(6,20) |
35(25,46) |
80(67,96) |
Stratified by age and country
Country |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
England |
14(10,19) |
35(30,40) |
66(61,73) |
Scotland |
9(3,20) |
21(12,32) |
56(42,72) |
Wales |
19(7,41) |
37(22,57) |
71(53,94) |
Risk factors analysis
‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.
Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method
N=153994, Events=756
Factor |
Level |
Hazard Ratio |
P value |
BMI |
overweight |
1.05 (0.88, 1.25) |
0.587 |
BMI |
obese |
1.28 (1.06, 1.55) |
0.0117 |
BMI |
underweight |
0 (0, Inf) |
0.98 |
smoking |
previous |
1.34 (1.15, 1.57) |
0.000256 |
smoking |
current |
2.1 (1.7, 2.6) |
8.79e-12 |
hypertension |
yes |
1.02 (0.87, 1.19) |
0.824 |
Definition
UK Biobank field id |
Description |
Code |
Value |
20001 |
Cancer code, self-reported |
1085 |
bone metastases / bony secondaries |
41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
C79.5 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |
41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
C79.5 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |
40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
C79.5 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |
40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
C79.5 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
B585000 |
Pathological fracture due to metastatic bone disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
B585.00 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XaIJA |
Pathological fracture due to metastatic bone disease |
40006 |
Type of cancer: ICD10 |
C79.5 |
Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow |