HC Deb 19 July 1990 vol 176 cc683-4W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the mortality one year after diagnosis for(a) colonic cancer and (b) breast cancer for each health board.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Mortality figures one year after diagnosis for the period 1983–87 are as follows:

Colonic Cancer
Health Board Number of registrations 1983–87 Percentage of Patients who died within one year of diagnosis
Argyll and Clyde 620 45
Ayrshire and Arran 596 44
Borders 203 34
Dumfries and Galloway 246 39
Fife 522 42
Forth Valley 405 42
Grampian 813 44
Greater Glasgow 1,650 45
Highland 403 35
Lanarkshire 590 43
Lothian 1,232 42
Orkney 30 43
Shetland 34 53
Tayside 812 45
Western Isles 55 36

Health Board Number of registrations 1983–87 Percentage of Patients who died within one year of diagnosis
Scotland Total 8,211 43

Breast Cancer
Health Board Number of registrations 1983–87 Percentage of patients who died within one year of diagnosis
Argyll and Clyde 856 17
Ayrshire and Arran 763 15
Borders 265 16
Dumfries and Galloway 331 14
Fife 768 13
Forth Valley 597 14
Grampian 992 11
Greater Glasgow 2,246 13
Highland 519 14
Lanarkshire 1,017 14
Lothian 1,865 14
Orkney 40 5
Shetland 64 19
Tayside 1,013 14
Western Isles 89 12
Scotland Total 11,425 14