§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many women died of cervical cancer and breast cancer, respectively, in each health district in 1978 and each year since, giving separately the number of women who died who were over 50 years of age.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe exact information requested is not readily available. The following table shows the number of deaths for women of all ages and for those aged 45 and over:
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Age group 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Deaths caused by malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (ICD 174) Clwyd 45+ 96 102 96 104 117 118 110 112 All ages 103 106 104 115 123 125 114 119 East Dyfed 45+ 57 60 55 53 53 51 65 71 All ages 59 63 57 56 55 56 67 77 Pembrokeshire 45+ 20 27 25 27 19 22 27 26 All ages 23 29 25 32 19 23 28 27 Gwent 45+ 83 80 98 97 105 98 116 107 All ages 88 89 109 105 112 103 125 117 Gwynedd 45+ 61 64 49 54 66 71 76 62 All ages 64 70 53 62 67 77 82 64 Mid Glamorgan 45+ 113 115 139 124 135 122 135 131 All ages 122 124 158 129 143 130 148 141 Powys 45+ 25 28 22 32 23 29 30 30 All ages 27 29 27 36 24 30 33 30 South Glamorgan 45+ 72 79 79 105 91 100 94 92 All ages 80 82 91 110 101 105 103 99 West Glamorgan 45+ 84 93 84 90 89 93 96 86 All ages 97 100 89 100 96 99 106 94 WALES 45+ 611 648 647 686 698 704 749 717 All ages 663 692 713 745 740 748 805 768