HC Deb 23 July 1981 vol 9 cc196-7W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the death rate from all forms of cancer per 1,000 of population in each health board area.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The information is given in the following table:

Death Rates per 1,000 Population, Malignant Neoplasms, Health Board Areas, Scotland 1980
Health Board Area Rate per 1,000 population
Argyll and Clyde 2.5
Ayrshire and Arran 2.4
Borders 2.5
Dumfries and Galloway 2.7

Health Board Area Rate per 1,000 population
Fife 2.5
Forth Valley 2.3
Grampian 2.5
Greater Glasgow 3.1
Highland 2.3
Lanarkshire 2.2
Lothian 2.8
Tayside 2.9
Orkney 2.8
Shetland 2.0
Western Isles 3.1
Scotland 2.7