§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of women suffering from cervical cancer in the years between 1979 and 1984 in the following age groups: 16 to 24 years and 24 to 35 years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys handles statistics of registrations of newly diagnosed cancers; this provides the nearest available130W information on the numbers of women suffering from cervical cancer. The information in the exact age groups requested is available only at disproportionate cost. However, the table shows the latest readily available figures.
Numbers of registrations of malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri, ICD (9th Revision) 180 for selected age-groups, females only, 1979 to 1981 England and Wales Year Age groups in years 15 to 24 25 to 34 1979 36 469 1980 44 492 1981 43 568