§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women are suffering from invasive carcinoma in the United Kingdom.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 22 February 1988]: I regret that this information is not available in the form
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Reg. No. 4028/86—1st Round Applications Received Successful Region Constructions Modernisations Total Number Per cent. Scotland 94 62 156 39 25 Northern Ireland 21 33 54 5 9 Wales 7 8 15 3 20 South West England 3 3 6 1 17 South East England 7 1 8 4 50 Eastern England 1 — 1 — Nil Humberside/Yorks. 11 10 21 5 24 North East England 3 2 5 1 20 Western England 7 4 11 2 18 North West England 1 3 4 1 25 Total 155 126 281 61 22 requested. The numbers of new cases of malignant cancer in women recorded in England and Wales and in Scotland, in each of the last three years for which information is available, are given in the table.
Numbers of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasms in women in Great Britain for selected cancers England and Wales Scotland Year 1982 Breast (ICD Code 174 ) 21,618 2,513 Trachae, bronchus and lung (ICE) Code 162) 9,392 1,368 Ovary and other uterine adnexa (ICD Code 183) 4,433 498 Cervix (ICD Code 180) 3,909 408 Remainder2 57,711 7,994 Total 97,063 12,781 Year 1983 Breast 21,297 2,531 Trachae, bronchus and lung 9,475 1,330 Ovary etc. 4,521 515 Cervix 3,875 430 Remainder2 58,436 8,215 Total 97,604 13,021 1 Year 1984 Breast 21,363 2,525 Trachea, bronchus and lung 9,840 1,448 Ovary etc. 4,539 532 Cervix 4,043 444 Remainder2 59,394 9,095 Total 99,179 14,044 1 Provisional. 2 Of which the commonest are stomach, colon, rectum etc. and skin.