§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which age group the highest number of new cases of breast cancer as a proportion of the total number of women in that age group was diagnosed in the last year for which figures are available. [37731]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Stinchcombe, dated 6 April 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on new cases of breast cancer.The information requested is given in ONS Monitor `Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer, England and Wales, 1992', MB1 97/1. A copy of this publication is held in the House of Commons library.
§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which illness caused the highest number of deaths of women in the 35 to 54 years age group in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are avail able. [37721]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Stinchcombe, dated 6 April 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on which illness caused the highest number of deaths of women in the 35 to 54 years age group in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available.In 1996, the illness which caused the highest number of deaths to women in the United Kingdom aged 35 to 54 was breast cancer with 2,593 deaths.