HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c304W
Sir David Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of men and women, respectively, for each year between the ages of 60 and 70 who in 1987(a) were in full-time employment, (b) were known to be retired and who were working part-time or(c) whose status was unknown; and what percentage of their year each represented.

Mr. Portillo

[holding answer 7 June 1988]Information is not available in exactly the form requested. The available information is in the table and is for spring 1987:

Local Authority Area with at least two-thirds of the population
resident within 6 miles of BNFL site at Capenhurst
Age Group 1961–80 Rate in area as a percentage of regional rate
0–24 Cases [2]
All leukaemias
Incidence 38 104.2
Mortality 33 95.8
Malignant
Brain
Tumours
Incidence 29 122.7
Mortality 10 77.0
25–74
Thyroid
Incidence 48 16.60
Mortality 31 171.0
Copies of this Report are available in the Library.
[1] "Cancer incidence and mortality in the vicinity of nuclear installations England and Wales 1959–80" (HMSO 1987)
[2] This column shows the local incidence of disease and mortality expressed as a percentage of the regional average.

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