§ Mr. BarkerTo ask the Secretary of state for Health, when figures for the incidence of prostrate cancer in the UK as whole will be available. [75806]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Gregory Barker, dated 22 October 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning when figures for the incidence of prostate cancer in the UK as a whole will be available. (75806)
The numbers of newly diagnosed cases and directly age standardised rates for prostate cancer in the United Kingdom and its constituent countries for 1998 are available and are given in the table below.
Figures for the United Kingdom for 1999 are expected to be available early in 2003.
Number of newly diagnosed cases and directly age standardised* registration rates per 100,000 males for prostate† cancer by country in the United Kingdom, 1998 Number Rate United Kingdom 22916 67.4 England 19335 67.6 Wales 1262 68.1 Scotland 1839 66.4 N Ireland 480 61.2 Notes:
* Using the European Standard Population
†International Classification of Disease Tenth Revision Code C61