§ Mr. KilfedderTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of sexually transmitted diseases have been recorded in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years giving the numbers for each category.
§ Mr. HanleyThe available information is as follows:
registration scheme for 1980 to 1989 are as follows. There is substantial under-reporting of cases in the present registration scheme.
breast cancer and (b) separately other categories of cancer affecting women in Northern Ireland during the past 10 years.
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§ Mr. HanleyThe new cases of breast cancer and other categories of cancer affecting women which were registered with the Northern Ireland cancer registration scheme for
Site 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Breast 519 497 567 590 548 617 637 600 690 702 Lung 176 205 205 217 240 198 264 236 269 252 Large Bowel and Rectum 295 296 343 332 317 319 324 348 337 338 Stomach 129 126 144 141 90 88 116 109 130 114 Leukaemia and Lymphoma 134 123 132 136 160 156 164 165 179 173 Pancreas 74 70 82 83 70 80 78 98 80 92 Ovary 83 83 82 101 86 94 114 114 88 110 Cervix 73 89 83 96 76 78 89 79 83 76 Other Uterus 67 79 76 92 80 80 76 87 67 86 Bladder 55 41 46 49 39 42 36 43 50 40 Eye, Brain and other CNS 24 32 36 56 35 53 36 42 44 47 Skin 320 301 316 298 295 313 297 308 300 305 Other Cancers 363 349 389 394 375 397 420 424 430 452 Total 2,312 2,291 2,501 2,585 2,411 2,515 2,651 2,653 2,747 2,787