HC Deb 12 June 1992 vol 209 cc311-2W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the average cancer mortality rates in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information given in the following table to death rates per million population from malignant cancer (ICD140-208):

Cancer Death Rate per Million Population1
Year Males Females Persons
1981 2,850.5 2,401.8 2,619.5
1982 2,882.8 2,459.2 2,664.4
1983 2,978.3 2,495.0 2,729.2
1984 3,066.9 2,588.9 2,820.6
1985 3,094.0 2,706.8 2,894.6
1986 3,170.0 2,609.0 2,881.3
1987 3,147.9 2,684.4 2,909.5
1988 3,189.4 2,810.5 2,994.4
1989 3,197.0 2,769.0 2,976.6
1990 3,199.5 2,673.8 2,928.7
1 Death rates unadjusted for changes in the age-sex structure of the population.

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