§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by regional health authority for each year for the last five years, and for this year to date, the number of new cases diagnosed of patients suffering from cancer of the rectum and colon; and if she will show in her answer the number who have since died from the complaint.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation for 1982 to 1986, the latest date for which figures are available, is shown in the table.
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Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasms of the rectum, rectosigmoid junction and anus (ICD 154) by regional health authority (RHA), 1982 to 1986 RHA 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Northern 610 667 597 604 617 Yorkshire 756 842 822 757 771 Trent 920 1,034 942 1,003 858 East Anglia 345 431 417 414 440 North West Thames 418 473 401 442 471 North East Thames 669 572 543 437 522 South East Thames 606 578 654 569 600 South West Thames 511 515 519 455 468 Wessex 523 505 535 518 547 Oxford 372 359 410 365 357 South Western 607 597 670 700 603 West Midlands 991 909 1,018 1,088 1,071 Mersey 482 417 489 501 523 North Western 817 856 797 763 804 Wales 726 745 763 789 675
Deaths from malignant neoplasms of the colon (ICD 153) by regional health authority (RHA), 1982 to 1991. RHA 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Northern 645 667 720 737 656 672 620 745 659 722 Yorkshire 784 742 753 792 755 761 777 798 792 781 Trent 880 910 976 1,000 947 946 1,042 1,087 1,016 1,032 East Anglia 392 423 440 439 467 489 500 477 497 478 North West Thames 639 629 714 660 707 665 696 687 701 669 North East Thames 775 750 744 745 717 782 758 804 801 769 South East Thames 799 813 886 890 830 862 868 882 909 832 South West Thames 669 678 727 718 703 723 989 690 653 669 Wessex 676 663 683 687 698 708 732 763 761 736 Oxford 397 359 447 445 482 467 442 516 490 464 South Western 709 711 826 784 767 838 853 805 861 829 West Midlands 1,038 980 1,120 1,136 1,137 1,190 1,171 1,135 1,221 1,152 Mersey 540 515 572 576 530 568 545 544 548 582 North Western 911 843 962 924 882 947 936 934 879 935 Wales 614 595 639 723 718 733 735 729 714 713
Deaths from malignant neoplasms of the rectum, rectosigmoid junction and anus (ICD 154) by regional health authority (RHA), 1982 to 1991. RHA 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Northern 378 442 401 402 424 419 414 415 408 445 Yorkshire 429 454 467 423 432 480 449 443 443 441 Trent 549 637 588 626 538 542 576 589 595 579 East Anglia 203 232 234 230 248 149 239 221 213 229 North West Thames 297 338 326 315 303 291 304 279 285 312 North East Thames 408 418 379 383 353 342 349 373 350 353 South East Thames 396 434 438 397 402 376 397 390 419 361 South West Thames 306 371 331 321 340 311 312 310 315 292 Wessex 284 331 303 344 349 303 345 303 297 304 Oxford 223 231 237 200 216 234 210 254 233 242 South Western 341 445 383 400 376 386 382 386 393 393 West Midlands 598 637 655 707 674 642 652 670 631 578 Mersey 279 331 327 372 315 274 272 265 291 320 North Western 487 581 552 521 516 520 504 514 495 509 Wales 334 383 396 389 357 297 346 336 316 324