§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the figures for deaths from cancer in English counties expressed as a number per thousand of population.
§ Mr. Roland MoyleThe crude death rates for cancer (ICD 140–209) in 1976 are as follows:
Per 1,000 population ENGLAND 2.55 Greater London 2.70 Greater Manchester 2.68 Merseyside 2.81 South Yorkshire 2.48 Tyne and Wear 2.92 West Midlands 2.49 West Yorkshire 2.50 Avon 2.55 Bedfordshire 2.02 Berkshire 1.95 Buckinghamshire 2.15 Cambridgeshire 2.01 Cheshire 2.29 Cleveland 2.27 Cornwall and Isle of Scilly 2.79 Cumbria 2.65 Derbyshire 2.46 Devon 2.92 Dorset 3.22 Durham 2.55 East Sussex 3.60 Essex 2.37 Gloucestershire 2.35 Hampshire 2.37 Hereford and Worcester 2.38 Hertfordshire 2.22 Humberside 2.50 Isle of Wight 3.23 Kent 2.59 Lancashire 2.75 Leicestershire 2.17 Lincolnshire 2.49 Norfolk 2.72 Northamptonshire 2.34 Northumberland 2.67 North Yorkshire 2.59 Nottinghamshire 2.40 Oxfordshire 2.06 Salop 2.26 Somerset 2.72 Staffordshire 2.32 Suffolk 2.34 Surrey 2.42 Warwickshire 2.24 West Sussex 2.93 Wiltshire 2.11