HC Deb 10 February 1964 vol 689 c5W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the numbers and percentage increases in deaths from lung cancer in females in each year since 1957.

Mr. Braine

The figures are as follows:

DEATHS OF FEMALES—CANCER OF THE LUNG (I.C.D.* NOS. 162, 163)
ENGLAND AND WALES, 1958 TO 1962
Year Number of Deaths Percentage increase from previous year in
Deaths Death Rate
1957 2,670 4.6 4.1
1958 2,780 4.1 3.7
1959 2,882 3.7 3.0
1960 3,118 8.2 7.3
1961 3,350 7.4 6.8
1962 3,501 4.5 3.7
* International Classification of Diseases.

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