§ 62. Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will make lung cancer a notifiable disease, so that a complete medical and personal history of all cases can be prepared for statistical purposes.
§ Mr. BraineNo. My right hon. Friend's aim is to achieve complete coverage under the cancer registration scheme.
§ 63. Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Health how many deaths per 1,000 through lung cancer occurred in England and Wales in 1963, respectively; and what information he has about similar figures for Switzerland, the United States 187W of America, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Iceland, Belgium, and Ireland.
§ Mr. BraineThe information available is shown in the following table:
CANCER OP THE LUNG (I.C.D.* Nos. 162, 163) DEATH RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION Country Persons Males Females Year England 52.5 91.7 15.6 1963 § Wales 42.4 77.2 8.8 1963§ Irish Republic 21.5 34.3 8.6 1963§ Iceland† 12.0 10.1 13.8 1960 Switzerland‡ 21.2 38.6 4.6 1961 U.S.A. 21.3 36.9 6.2 1961 Canada 15.2 26.2 4.0 1961 Netherlands 27.7 50.9 4.7 1961 Australia 17.6 30.5 4.4 1961 Denmark 25.0 42.3 80 1961 New Zealand 19.5 32.6 6.3 1961 Belgium 31.5 57.1 6.9 1961 *International Classification of Diseases. † Rates based on small numbers of deaths, viz., Males 9: Females 12. ‡ The figures for Switzerland and the countries following it in the table are derived from the World Health Organisation Epidemiological and Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 17, No. 5, 1964. § Provisional.