HC Deb 12 March 1986 vol 93 cc516-7W
Mr. John Mark Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of women suffering, or having suffered, from cervical cancer during the period from 1965 to the present day were at the time under 35 years of age as shown in the annual returns.

Mr. Hayhoe

The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys handles statistics of registrations of newly diagnosed cancers; this provides the nearest available information on the numbers of women suffering from cervical cancer. The table shows the latest available data on registrations of malignant neoplasms of cervix uteri, and of carcinoma-in-situ of cervix uteri.

Number of registrations of malignant neoplasms of cervix uteri, and carcinoma-in-situ of cervix uteri, with those aged under 35 as percentage of total all ages, 1965–82, England and Wales.
Number of registrations of malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri Number of registrations of Carcinoma-in-situ of cervix uteri
Year Total all ages Number aged under 35 Under 35 as a percentage of total Total all ages Number aged under 35 Under 35 as a percentage of total
1965 4,524 168 3.7 1,434 327 22.8
1966 4,457 178 4.0 2,158 553 25.6
1967 4,468 162 3.6 2,947 748 25.4
1968 4,287 184 4.3 2,816 844 30.0
1969 4,075 215 5.3 2,676 925 34.6
1970 4,099 226 5.5 2,243 838 37.4
1971 4,167 295 7.1 2,221 911 41.0
1972 4,014 274 6.8 2,329 975 41.9
1973 4,090 317 7.8 2,604 1,187 45.6
1974 3,970 346 8.7 2,986 1,492 50.0
1975 4,037 343 8.5 3,208 1,661 51.8
1976 3,964 391 9.9 3,634 2,013 55.4
1977 4,016 461 11.5 3,969 2,203 55.5
1978 3,872 491 12.7 3,934 2,232 56.7
1979 3,879 505 13.0 4,294 2,473 57.6
1980 3,963 537 13.6 4,700 2,685 57.1
1981 4,024 611 15.2 5,568 3,237 58.1
1982 3,909 546 14.0 5,427 3,066 56.5

ICD code 171 (1965–67)

180 (1968–82)

ICD code 171 (1965–67)

234.0 (1968–78)

233.1 (1979–82)

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