§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people died of cancer in Anglesey, Gwynedd and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what are these figures as a proportion of average United Kingdom figures. [2354]
§ Mr. RichardsThe figures for 1990 to 1994 are given in the table. Data for 1993 and 1994 are provisional. Deaths for 1992 and earlier years represent registrations in each year; from 1993 they represent occurrences in each year. New procedures adopted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for coding cause of death from 1993, and the absence of medical inquiries, mean that figures for 1993 onwards may not be exactly comparable with those for earlier years. For most conditions, however, including neoplasms, the effects of these changes are small. Further details may be found in OPCS series DH2 for 1993, No. 20, which was published in October 1995. A copy is available in the Library of the House.
The proportions given in the table have been derived by calculating the relevant standardised mortality ratios.
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Deaths from malignant neoplasms (1CD1 140–208) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 A: Number of deaths Anglesey 226 230 230 224 233 Gwynedd 797 805 773 793 811 Wales 8,439 8,555 8,729 8,747 8,671
Deaths from malignant neoplasms (ICD1 140–208) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 B: Proportion of the United Kingdom (UK = 100) Anglesey 106 106 105 104 110 Gwynedd 99 99 94 98 102 Wales 99 99 100 102 102 1International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Death (9th revision). Source:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.