HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 cc983-5W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the death rate from breast cancer per 100,000 population in each(a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(2) what was the average percentage of food energy derived by the population from total fat in each regional health authority area in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(3) what was the incidence of invasive cervical cancer per 100,000 population in each (a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority in each year since 1986;

(4) what was the rate of conception among girls aged under 16 in each (a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority in 1989–90 and in each year since then;

(5) what was the death rate from stroke per 100,000 population for (a) people aged under 65 and (b) people aged 65 to 74 in each (i) regional health authority and (ii) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(6) what was the suicide rate per 100,000 population in each (a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(7) what was the death rate from coronary heart disease per 100,000 population for (a) people aged under 65 and (b) people aged 65–74 in each (i) regional health authority and (ii) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(8) what was the death rate from lung cancer per 100,000 population for (i) men and (ii) women aged under 75 in each (a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(9) what was the death rate per 100,000 population for accidents among (a) children aged under 15, (b) people aged 15–24 and (c) people aged 65 and over in each (i) regional health authority and (ii) district health authority in 1989–90 and each year since then;

(10) what was the average percentage of food energy derived by the population from saturated fatty acids in each regional health authority area in 1989–90 and each year since then.

Mr. Sackville

The data requested are "The Health of the Nation" indicators, which are available for the latest years 1989–91, baseline data and 1990–92, monitoring data. These data are contained in the public health common data set 1993 volume 5 "The Health of the Nation" baseline and monitoring data—definition booklet with data on computer disks—a copy of which is in the Library. The indicators in question are:

  • HON-A1—Mortality rates from coronary heart disease in persons under 65.
  • HON-A2—Mortality rates from coronary heart disease in persons aged 65–74.
  • HON-A3—Mortality rates from stroke in persons under 65.
  • HON-A4—Mortality rates from stroke in persons aged 65–74.
  • HON-A81—Average percentage of household food energy derived from saturated fatty acids.
  • HON-A91—Average percentage of household food energy derived from total fat.
  • HON-B1—Mortality rates from breast cancer in women aged 50–69.
  • HON-B22—Incidence of invasive cervical cancer.
  • HON-B4, B5—Mortality rates from lung cancer in men and women under 75.
  • HON-C2—Suicide rates.
  • HON-D33—Conception rates below 16.
  • HON-El—Mortality rates from accidents in children under 15.
  • HON-E2—Mortality rates from accidents in persons aged 15–24.
  • HON-E3—Mortality rates from accidents in persons aged 65 and over.
  • 985
  • 1Available only for Standard regions and Greater London for the years 1988–90 (baseline data) and 1990–92 (monitoring data).
  • 2 Only available for the years 1985–87 (baseline data) and 1986–88 (monitoring data).
  • 3Baseline data only: conceptions estimated to have occurred in 1989–91, based on birth registrations and legal terminations of pregnancy recorded in 1989–92.