HC Deb 15 March 1989 vol 149 cc235-6W
Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the incidence of stomach cancer in(a) each of the districts of the Mersey region and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Freeman

This information is shown in the table. The latest available data are for 1984.

Number of newly registered cases of malignant neoplasm of the stomach1, Mersey Regional Health Authority, its component Districts and United Kingdom, 1984.
Area Number Rate per 10,000 population
United Kingdom 12,749 2.26
Mersey RHA 589 2.43
Chester DHA 43 2.43
Crewe DHA 53 2.17
Halton DHA 28 1.97
Macclesfield DHA 30 1.70
Warrington DHA 50 2.82
Liverpool DHA 144 2.90
St. Helens and Knowsley DHA 83 2.32
Southport and Formby DHA 29 2.49
South Sefton DHA 47 2.58
Wirral DHA 82 2.29
1 International Classification of Diseases code 151.