§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of women in the eligible target group have been screened for breast cancer in the last three years in Scotland; how many women have breast cancer; and how many women died from breast cancer in Scotland.
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§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 4 February 1994]: Seventy-one per cent. of women invited in the eligible target age group have attended for screening by the Scottish breast screening programme in the last three years.
Figures are not available for the number of women with breast cancer. The number of new registrations of invasive cancer of the breast and the number of deaths from invasive cancer of the breast in Scotland is as follows:
Number of new registrations Number of deaths 1989 2,742 1,356 1990 2,944 1,250 1991 3,092 1,278 1992 —1 1,250 1 Figures not yet available.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of women in the target group have had a cervical cancer smear test in Scotland within the last five years; how many women in Scotland have cervical cancer; and how many women died of cervical cancer.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 4 February 1994]: Eighty per cent. of the eligible target population in Scotland have attended for a cervical smear within the last five years.
Figures are not available on the number of women with cervical cancer but the number of new registrations of invasive cancer of the cervix and the number of deaths from invasive cancer of the cervix is as follows:
Year Number of new registrations Number of deaths 1987 461 188 1988 460 191 1989 376 205 1990 494 162 1991 458 175 1992 1— 183 1 Figures not yet available.