§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the average cancer mortality rates in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 12 June 1992]: The figures requested are given in the table.
Malignant neoplasm (ICD1 140-208) death rates per 100,000 population Scotland 1982–91 Male Female 1982 294 252 1983 295 258 1984 297 260 1985 299 265 1986 301 268 1987 306 268 1988 305 274 1989 309 278 1990 308 279 21991 307 276 1 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. 2 Provisional. Rates for cancers for specific sites are given in the Annual Reports of the Registrar General for Scotland, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library.