HC Deb 28 April 1980 vol 983 c381W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many people died of cancer in Northern Ireland each year for the past 10 years; and if he will give the number for males and females separately;

(2) if he will give for the most recent available 12-month period the number of deaths from cancer; and if he will distinguish the deaths by cancer sites.

Mr. Alison

I refer the hon. Member to the fifty-sixth annual report of the Registrar General for Northern Ireland 1977. The information he seeks is given in abstract 12 and table M respectively.