HC Deb 10 December 1987 vol 124 c245W
Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in the area covered by Dewsbury health authority have died from cervical cancer in the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what is this figure expressed per 1,000 women.

Mrs. Currie

The information is shown in the table.

Numbers of deaths and death rates per 1,000 women for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (ICD 180)1 for usual residents of Dewsbury health authority.2
1977–86
Year Numbers Rates (per 1,000 women)
1977 8 0.49
1978 6 0.37
1979 6 0.36
1980 8 0.49
1981 12 0.73
1982 8 0.49
1983 8 0.49
1984 4 0.24
1985 10 0.61
1986 5 0.30
1 International Classification of Diseases 8th, 9th Revisions.
2 Dewsbury Health District 1977–81.

Dewsbury District Health Authority 1982–86.