§ Mr. William Powellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many persons were known to be suffering from cancer and cancer-related diseases in the Kettering district health authority area in each year since 1982;
(2) how many persons died of cancer and cancer-related diseases in the Kettering district health authority area in each year since 1982.
§ Mrs. CurrieStatistics from the registration of newly diagnosed cases of cancer are the nearest available data on the number of people suffering from cancer, and the latest available figures are shown in the table for usual residents of Kettering District Health Authority. The table also shows the number of deaths registered with underlying cause as cancer.
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Number of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer 1982, 1983 and number of deaths with underlying cause as malignant neoplasm (cancer)1 1982–1986 persons, all ages2, to usual residents of Kettering District Health Authority Year Cancer registrations Cancer deaths 1982 1,121 610 1983 1,026 603 1984 n/a 637 1985 n/a 708 21986 n/a 681 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th revision 140–208. 2 Provisional, aged 28 days and over. n/a not available.