§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women have died from breast cancer in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years, expressed (a) numerically and (b) as a proportion of the population.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is shown in the following table for the latest five years available.
Number of female deaths from breast cancer and rates per 100,000 population in the United Kingdom, 1978 to 1982. Year Number of deaths Rate per 100,000 female population 1978 13,400 46.5 1979 13,530 46.9 1980 13,671 47.3 1981 13,982 48.3 1982* 13,900 48.0 * Includes provisional Northern Ireland figure