HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 cc90-1W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Easington (Mr. Cummings) on 13 December,Official Report, columns 677–79, he will extend the information provided about rates of cancer of the breast and cervix, and in similar form, for women aged 55 to 59 years, 60 to 64 years, 65 to 69 years and 70 plus years in the Northern and Yorkshire health regions and for the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 8 January 1990]The information is shown in the following tables:

Year and age group Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA United Kingdom
1981
55–59 28.63 34.64 31.09
60–64 47.88 27.30 33.18
65–69 45.18 37.04 32.67
70+ 32.55 22.72 24.21
1982
55–59 25.29 49.18 29.71
60–64 50.59 44.03 34.21
65–69 47.74 28.04 30.96
70+ 24.87 31.69 23.64
1983
55–59 34.37 28.43 26.79
60–64 34.13 39.74 32.41
65–69 29.45 32.18 28.49
70 + 22.14 27.94 24.14
1984
55–59 22.90 31.71 24.57
60–64 38.08 45.62 31.79
65–69 21.59 43.43 30.43
70+ 27.00 25.66 23.63