§ Mr. CousinsTo 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: 91W
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