People living in parts of the North West are twice as likely to die prematurely from cancer as those in central London, according to a new website set up by a leading cancer charity.
The site, launched by Cancer Research UK, allows people to compare local statistics with data from other parts of the country.
It reveals the death rate among under-75s in Liverpool is 157 per 100,000 people, compared to just 78 in Kensington and Chelsea.
The national average between 2009 and 2011 was 110.
The website, called Local Cancer Statistics, can be searched by postcode, constituency, local authority or healthcare area and shows how common various types of cancer are in different parts of the country.
It also reveals where people are most and least likely to survive the disease and highlights how extensive an area's screening programmes are.
Sara Hiom, director of patient engagement and early diagnosis at Cancer Research UK, said: "In the UK, we're privileged to have access to valuable information about cancer diagnosis and treatments for different parts of the country.
"Cancer Research UK is well placed to add valuable context and insight to such data to make it more useful for busy people.
"We've created this website because we hope that it will allow policy-makers and healthcare professionals to understand what's going on in their area and support local insight and decision-making."
The website, which uses data from a number of publicly-available sources, reveals more than a quarter (27%) of cancer deaths in England and Wales are due to smoking.
It also shows that, on average, 98% of cancer patients receive their first treatment within one month.
Just 1% wait longer than six weeks for their first diagnostic test.
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