HC Deb 18 June 1992 vol 209 c632W
Mr. Mallon

To 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.

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