HC Deb 06 November 1968 vol 772 cc126-7W
Mr. Manuel

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the numbers of people who died from leukaemia in each of the various age and sex groups from 1945 to 1967.

Mr. Snow

The figures are as follows:

1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Males 1,116 1,142 1,223 1,229 1,301 1,301 1,315 1,476
Age in years
0– 8 12 5 4 4 11 9 12
1–4 85 76 59 76 74 69 77 70
5–14 100 94 88 101 100 123 119 128
15–24 65 66 68 78 75 63 70 74
25–34 52 68 67 72 72 71 63 64
35–44 112 108 105 104 97 104 125 135
45–54 143 148 172 152 149 153 130 174
55–64 224 205 228 209 249 265 251 255
65–74 203 248 284 248 271 270 268 324
75+ 124 117 147 185 210 172 203 240
Females 1,005 1,018 1,001 1,086 1,093 1,085 1,219 1,218
Age in years
0– 12 11 7 7 12 11 6 7
1–4 68 47 75 58 54 50 60 63
5–14 73 69 76 99 72 69 100 81
15–24 36 57 44 53 33 32 54 47
25–34 49 50 56 67 56 49 59 53
35–44 102 85 83 66 100 80 89 68
45–54 126 121 136 118 142 134 151 136
55–64 179 194 165 208 193 184 218 232
65–74 250 244 215 247 236 251 263 287
75+ 110 140 144 163 195 225 219 244
Persons—All Ages 2,121 2,160 2,224 2,315 2,394 2,386 2,534 2,694
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Males 1,408 1,392 1,511 1,564 1,454 1,567 1,549
Age in years
0– 16 6 9 11 13 3 8
1–4 89 76 79 64 72 68 73
5–14 107 93 116 109 116 105 108
15–24 83 84 87 75 76 88 68
25–34 68 65 83 61 69 57 58
35–44 97 91 100 126 93 97 83
45–54 161 161 166 167 148 157 148
55–64 280 270 283 300 280 294 321
65–74 300 304 343 358 336 386 393
75+ 207 242 245 293 251 312 289
Females 1,237 1,315 1,319 1,303 1,406 1,329 1,355
Age in years
0– 6 11 11 12 7 9 10
1–4 54 58 59 58 63 69 48
5–14 81 78 90 76 89 74 79
15–24 47 56 51 50 65 46 49
25–34 50 55 52 55 49 61 44
35–44 82 106 86 79 76 86 94
45–54 151 157 142 126 121 124 114
55–64 227 217 254 225 241 217 244
65–74 283 312 277 303 333 283 294
75+ 256 265 297 319 362 360 379
Persons—All Ages 2,645 2,707 2,830 2,867 2,860 2,896 2,904

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