HC Deb 16 December 1986 vol 107 cc462-3W
Mr. Bright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the number of deaths from breast cancer from 1974 to the present time.

Mrs. Currie

The information is shown in the table.

Number of deaths with underlying cause as breast cancer1, registered in England and Wales, males, females, persons, all ages 1974–1986
Number of deaths
Year Males Females Persons
1974 80 11,239 11,319
1975 82 11,637 11,719
1976 68 11,763 11,831
1977 98 11,820 11,918
1978 92 11,915 12,007
1979 83 12,091 12,174
1980 78 12,167 12,245
1981 84 12,513 12,597
1982 87 12,405 12,492
1983 87 12,672 12,759
1984 99 13,310 13,409
1985 79 13,513 13,592
19862 (March quarter) 20 3,482 3,502
1 1974–1978 ICD (8) 174 Malignant neoplasm of breast 1979–1986 ICD (9) 174 malignant neoplasm of female breast 175 Malignant neoplasm of male breast
2 all ages 28 days and over; provisional

Mr. Bright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the number of deaths amongst women from all forms of cancer from 1974 to the present time and the proportion of those deaths from breast cancer.

Mrs. Currie

The information is shown in the table.

Number of females deaths with underlying cause as all malignant

neoplasms1 and of these the percentage as malignant neoplasm of

female breast

All ages, England and Wales—1974–1986

Year Number of female deaths all malignant neoplasms (a) Percentage of (a) as malignant neoplasm of female breast
1974 56,009 20.1
1975 56,658 20.5
1976 58,098 20.2
1977 58,048 20.4
1978 58,681 20.3
1979 59,645 20.3
1980 60,359 20.2
1981 60,944 20.5
1982 61,476 20.2
1983 62,057 20.4
1984 65,397 20.4
1985 66,338 20.4
19862 (1st quarter) 16,310 21.3
1 1974–1978 ICD (8) 140–209 1979–1986 ICD (9) 140–208
2 All ages 28 days and over; provisional.