§ 38. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths occurred from breast cancer during each of the past four years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe numbers of deaths assigned to breast cancer in England and Wales for the last four years were as follows:
ICD No. Year Persons Males Females 174 1977 11,918 98 11,820 174 1978 12,007 92 11,915 174; 175 *1979 12,174 83 12,091 174; 175 *1980 12,245 78 12,167 * In 1979 there was a revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD). This revision did not materially affect the assignment of these deaths.