§ Mr. Brightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the number of deaths from breast cancer from 1974 to the present time.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is shown in the table. 463W
Number of deaths with underlying cause as breast cancer1, registered in England and Wales, males, females, persons, all ages 1974–1986 Number of deaths Year Males Females Persons 1974 80 11,239 11,319 1975 82 11,637 11,719 1976 68 11,763 11,831 1977 98 11,820 11,918 1978 92 11,915 12,007 1979 83 12,091 12,174 1980 78 12,167 12,245 1981 84 12,513 12,597 1982 87 12,405 12,492 1983 87 12,672 12,759 1984 99 13,310 13,409 1985 79 13,513 13,592 19862 (March quarter) 20 3,482 3,502 1 1974–1978 ICD (8) 174 Malignant neoplasm of breast 1979–1986 ICD (9) 174 malignant neoplasm of female breast 175 Malignant neoplasm of male breast 2 all ages 28 days and over; provisional
§ Mr. Brightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the number of deaths amongst women from all forms of cancer from 1974 to the present time and the proportion of those deaths from breast cancer.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is shown in the table.
Number of females deaths with underlying cause as all malignant neoplasms1 and of these the percentage as malignant neoplasm of
female breast
All ages, England and Wales—1974–1986
Year Number of female deaths all malignant neoplasms (a) Percentage of (a) as malignant neoplasm of female breast 1974 56,009 20.1 1975 56,658 20.5 1976 58,098 20.2 1977 58,048 20.4 1978 58,681 20.3 1979 59,645 20.3 1980 60,359 20.2 1981 60,944 20.5 1982 61,476 20.2 1983 62,057 20.4 1984 65,397 20.4 1985 66,338 20.4 19862 (1st quarter) 16,310 21.3 1 1974–1978 ICD (8) 140–209 1979–1986 ICD (9) 140–208 2 All ages 28 days and over; provisional.