§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many women have died from cervical cancer in Wales in each of the last five years; and how this compares to the United Kingdom average.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe number of women who have died from cervical cancer (ICD 180) in Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available is as follows:
Numbers 1979 136 1980 125 1981 133 1982 118 1983 136 Allowing for differences in age distribution, the incidence of death from cervical cancer has been on average 11 per cent. higher in Wales than in the United Kingdom as a whole over this period.