HC Deb 07 February 1994 vol 237 c43W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many men died from cancer of the prostate in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Numbers of deaths from cancer of the prostate—ICD 185—for England and Wales, 1988–1992
Number
1988 7,458
1989 7,861
1990 8,098
1991 8,570
1992 8,735
1International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision.