HC Deb 13 December 1989 vol 163 cc677-9W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for what were the rates of cancer of the breast and cervix in the north-east of England for those aged(a) 20 to 25 years, (b) 25 to 30 years, (c) 30 to 35 years, (d) 35 to 40 years, (e) 40 to 45 years, (f) 45 to 50 years, and (g) 50 to 55 years, and; what were the average rates for the rest of the United Kingdom for the same age groups, for each year from 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Freeman

The exact information requested could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. However, some information for the period 1980–84 is shown in the table.

Newly diagnosed cases of cancer rates (per 100,000 population) for female breast1 and the cervix uteri2 by age group for Northern regional health authority, Yorkshire regional health authority and the United Kingdom: 1980–84
TABLE 1
Malignant neoplasm of the female breast
Year and age group Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA United Kingdom
1980
20–24 0.86 1.53 0.24
25–29 6.72 5.94 1.84
30–34 27.78 26.78 7.87
35–39 44.35 41.67 21.76
40–44 98.10 97.83 41.64
45–49 151.69 153.37 68.55
50.54 146.47 123.42 86.08
1981
20–24 1.70 0.75 0.19
25–29 7.66 9.39 2.85
30–34 26.57 20.50 8.33
35–39 64.94 61.36 19.53
40–44 88.84 114.00 38.60
45–49 128.00 134.28 68.87

Year and age group Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA United Kingdom
50–54 113.61 147.06 88.83
1982
20–24 0.73 0.23
25–29 9.63 3.38 1.83
30–34 24.34 14.47 8.77
35–39 64.23 45.30 19.63
40–44 109.20 94.38 39.56
45–49 144.66 146.79 68–66
50–54 123.51 140.59 87.85
1983
20–24 1.63 0.71 014
25–29 3.83 6.71 2.33
30–34 22.12 21.67 80.5
35–39 38.61 47.35 20–61
40–44 82.19 96.93 38.12
45–49 147.64 138.24 64.57
50–54 120.98 155.31 89.64
1984
20–24 1.60 2.07 0.48
25–29 10.32 4.90 2.69
30–34 28.38 27.90 8.75
35–39 48.71 47.92 20.68
40–44 71.83 103.68 37.19
45–49 126.28 141.42 65.43
50–54 144.47 138.07 87.11

TABLE 2
Malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri
Year and age group Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA United Kingdom
1980
20–24 1.73 4.60 0.93
25–29 9.61 7.63 2.74
30–34 18.82 21.42 4.78
35–39 26.61 28.41 6.98
40–44 18.95 26.68 7.70
45–49 15.73 14.13 9.91
50.54 28.45 30.13 14.03
1981
20–24 1.70 2.24 0.80
25–29 9.58 17.08 3.11
30–34 15.06 23.54 6.02
35–39 19.48 27.47 7.02
40–44 20.50 27.00 9.60
45–49 13.71 27.47 9.67
50–54 30.01 25.49 13.19
1982
20–24 1.66 2.92 0.69
25–29 12.52 17.77 2.31
30–34 15.92 27.33 5.88
35–39 17.79 28.52 6.80
40–44 25.29 39.16 10.66
45–49 20.67 18.35 10.72
50–54 20.59 17.82 10.50
1983
20–24 0.82 5.66 0.50
25–29 13.40 22.65 3.73
30–34 31.15 35.00 6.85
35–39 18.83 22.47 7.09
40–44 27.40 27.70 8.68
45–49 16.15 26.24 10.11
50–54 23.31 22.04 12.36
1984
20–24 0.80 2.76 0.35
25–29 10.32 13.88 4.32
30–34 29.35 32.97 5.30
35–39 19.30 36.92 7.35
40–44 19.08 31.98 10.08

Year and age group Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA United Kingdom
45–49 20.48 31.09 9.16
50–54 19.19 27.41 12.04
1 Assigned to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th revision code 174.
2 Assigned to the ICD code 180.

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