Spine Cancer

HC Deb 16 June 1993 vol 226 cc652-3W

Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in Wales died from cancer of the spine in each year since 1987.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The number of deaths to residents of Wales where the underlying cause was cancer of the spine is not available separately. However, the number of deaths where the underlying cause was cancer of the vertebral column (main part of the spine), excluding sacrum and coccyx and the number of deaths where the underlying cause was cancer of the pelvis and the lower part of the spine (pelvic bones, sacrum and coccyx) are given in the following table:

Residents of Wales
	Main part of spine1	Lower part of spine and pelvis2
1987	4	4
1988	1	2
1989	1	3
1990	2	3
1991	2	3
1992	0	2
1 170.2.
2 170. 6

Source:

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

International Classification of Diseases (9th revision).