§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the incidence of cervical cancer in England for each of the last 20 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested is given in the following table:
Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cervical cancer in England, numbers and rates per 100,000 female population, 1961 to 1980 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri excluding in-situ Carcinoma in-situ of cervix uteri† Year Number Rate Number Rate ‡1961 ║3,636 18.0 * * ‡1962 4,127 18.2 * * ‡1963 4,480 19.6 * * ‡1964 5,012 21.8 * * 1965 4,215 18.2 1,365 5.9 1966 4,182 17.9 2,036 8.7 1967 4,217 18.0 2,776 11.8 1968 4,026 17.1 2,695 11.4 1969 3,847 16.2 2,579 10.9 1970 3,845 16.2 2,155 9.1 1971 3,797 16.0 2,123 9.0 1972 3,656 15.4 2,230 9.4 1973 3,760 15.8 2,462 10.3 1974 3,733 15.7 2,834 11.9 1975 3,698 15.5 3,003 12.6 1976 3,657 15.4 3,398 14.3 1977 3,584 15.1 3,727 15.7 1978 3,522 14.8 3,744 15.7 1979 3,601 15.1 4,052 17.0 1980 3,656 15.3 4,446 18.7 * Not available † The statistics for carcinoma in-situ of cervix are affected by the uptake of the cervical cytology programme. The rise in the figures for 1966.68 are thought to reflect the spread of the scheme. The later rise in new registrations may well reflect increasing ascertainment resulting from an increase in the screening. ‡ Includes pre-malignant cases. ║ This figure is incomplete as Manchester hospital region did not join the cancer registration scheme until 1962. The corresponding rate is calculated using the population for England. excluding Manchester hospital region, as the denominator.