§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the information his Department holds on the incidence of childhood leukaemia in different areas of England.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe numbers of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of all forms of leukaemia by age groups under age 20 years for regional health authority of usual residence for 1983, the latest available year, are shown in the table. These data are held in postcoded form, so that it is possible to produce analyses for a number of different groupings by geographical location.
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Age group Area of usual residence Under 1 1–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 Trent Regional Health Authority Males 1 11 5 4 7 Females — 8 — 3 3 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Males — 4 — 2 1 Females 1 4 5 1 — North West Thames Regional Health Authority Males 2 4 1 7 3 Females — 4 6 2 1 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Males 1 8 6 4 5 Females 2 5 3 7 1 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Males 1 8 3 2 3 Females — 6 4 3 4 South West Thames Regional Health Authority Males — 1 4 2 9 Females — 8 1 1 — Wessex Regional Health Authority Males — 7 6 2 2 Females 1 5 5 3 5 Oxford Regional Health Authority Males — 11 3 3 2 Females — 5 5 1 1 South Western Regional Health Authority Males 1 5 4 3 1 Females 1 6 1 2 1 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Males 1 16 3 1 3 Females — 8 3 6 5 Mersey Regional Health Authority Males — 1 2 6 — Females — 3 2 — 1 North Western Regional Health Authority Males — 14 9 2 3 Females 1 3 2 3 4 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th revision.