§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the lung cancer mortality rates were in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [53532]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
887WLetter from John Kidgell to Mr. Ian Gibson, dated 30 April 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question concerning lung cancer mortality rates for each of the last five years for which figures are available. (53532) I am replying in his absence.The figures requested are given in the table below:
Mortality rates1 for malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus or lung2, England and Wales, 1996–20003 Rate per 100,000 Calendar year Males Females 1996 681 292 1997 649 285 1998 641 291 1999 609 289 2000 590 285 1 Directly age-standardised to the European Standards Population. 2 Selected using code 162 from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision. 3 Data are for occurrences of death per calendar year. Source:
Office for National Statistics, 'Mortality Statistics: Cause, Review of the Registrar General on deaths by cause, sex and age, in England and Wales 2000.' Series DH2, Number 27. The Stationery Office (London: 2001).