HC Deb 13 July 1987 vol 119 c398W
Mr. McLeish

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women have died of breast and cervical cancer in 1986 in Scotland as a whole and in each of the health board areas.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested is given in the table below:

Deaths from Breast1 and Cervical Cancer2 by Health Board Area, Scotland, 1986 (Provisional)
Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer
Scotland 1,313 199
Borders 37 10
Central 67 8
Dumfries & Galloway 31 11
Fife 90 12
Grampian 101 15
Highland 51 10
Lothian 197 25
Argyll & Bute 112 17
Ayr & Arran 85 20
Greater Glasgow 264 33
Lanarkshire 132 22
Tayside 121 12
Orkney 2
Shetland 10
Western Isles 13 4
1 International Classification of Disease Code 174.
2 International Classification of Disease Code 180.