§ Mr. McLeishasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women have died of breast and cervical cancer in 1986 in Scotland as a whole and in each of the health board areas.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is given in the table below:
Deaths from Breast1 and Cervical Cancer2 by Health Board Area, Scotland, 1986 (Provisional) Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Scotland 1,313 199 Borders 37 10 Central 67 8 Dumfries & Galloway 31 11 Fife 90 12 Grampian 101 15 Highland 51 10 Lothian 197 25 Argyll & Bute 112 17 Ayr & Arran 85 20 Greater Glasgow 264 33 Lanarkshire 132 22 Tayside 121 12 Orkney 2 — Shetland 10 — Western Isles 13 4 1 International Classification of Disease Code 174. 2 International Classification of Disease Code 180.