§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into trends in the rates of bowel cancer in the west of Scotland over the last five years. [7005]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish Office commissioned research into bowel cancer in Scotland as a whole, totalling £679,047, between 1991 and 1995. Information on trends in the rates of bowel cancer, specifically in the west of Scotland, between 1990 and 1994—the latest years for which figures are available—is set out in the table.
Registrations of cancer of the Large Bowel by sex for the years 1990–94 in the West of Scotland1, together with crude incidence rates per 100,000 population and European-age standard rates (EASR) Year of registration 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Males Number of registrations 765 779 797 806 812 Crude rate per 100,000 population 58.4 59.5 61.1 61.8 62.2 EASR 58.5 59.9 60.4 60.4 60.1 Females Number of registrations 851 769 734 776 846 Crude rate per 100,000 population 60.2 54.5 52.2 55.3 60.3 EASR 42.4 38.4 37.0 38.7 42.4 The West of Scotland comprises the health board areas Argyll and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of bowel cancer have been recorded for each health board area in Scotland for each of the last five years. [7006]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of registered cases of bowel cancer for each health board area in Scotland since 1990 is set out below. Information for 1995 is currently being compiled.
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Year of registration Health board 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Argyll and Clyde 255 256 264 259 292 Ayrshire and Arran 250 195 193 202 225 Borders 81 75 100 95 62 Dumfries and Galloway 109 98 99 109 106 Fife 210 217 222 218 221
Year of registration Health board 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Forth Valley 145 144 162 166 167 Grampian 339 343 320 348 362 Greater Glasgow 615 630 549 591 615 Highland 155 134 134 170 153 Lanarkshire 242 225 264 255 253 Lothian 448 444 475 517 492 Orkney 8 12 6 9 9 Shetland 11 12 19 12 14 Tayside 258 284 258 303 292 Western Isles 20 22 15 28 23 Scotland 3,146 3,091 3,080 3,282 3,286