§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of mastectomies performed in (a) each health board area and (b) Scotland overall in each year since 1975.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of mastectomies performed in each health board area and Scotland overall since 1975 is as follows:
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1975 1976 1977 1978 *1979 Argyll and Clyde 328 335 343 315 338 Ayrshire and Arran 268 289 297 356 308
1975 1976 1977 1978 *1979 Borders 50 52 30 81 59 Dumfries and Galloway 112 123 105 150 183 Fife 165 132 165 159 116 Forth Valley 262 299 317 294 275 Grampian 341 365 441 504 517 Greater Glasgow 1,117 1,156 994 966 964 Highland 197 185 204 199 269 Lanarkshire 121 167 259 243 256 Lothian 675 801 860 817 924 Orkney 13 10 8 4 1 Shetland 15 23 11 21 25 Tayside 408 398 381 407 400 Western Isles 24 12 18 11 14 Scotland 4,096 4,347 4,433 4,527 4,649 * Latest date for which information is available.