HC Deb 26 February 1993 vol 219 c744W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed as having mesothelioma in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sackville

The number of patients who were first diagnosed as having mesothelioma in each of the last five years for which statistics are available is shown in the table.

The number of patients first diagnosed as having mesothelioma in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987, England and Wales.

Year Number
1983 506
1984 567
1985 545
1986 642
1987 671

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