§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the figures for lung cancer by gender in each of the health board areas in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe table shows the numbers of registrations of cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung by sex, health board of residence at the time of diagnosis and year of diagnosis, for the period 1988–94.
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Numbers of registrations of lung cancer (ICD-9 162) by sex, health board of residence at time of diagnosis and year of diagnosis, Scotland 1988–94 Year of diagnosis 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993* 1994* Females Argyll and Clyde 159 140 158 143 171 140 7 Ayrshire and Arran 114 110 125 121 126 107 13 Borders 20 35 32 30 27 31 1 Dumfries and Galloway 43 42 49 66 66 44 0 Fife 104 76 73 96 113 84 6 Forth Valley 64 74 88 83 90 72 14 Grampian 126 104 107 135 152 63 0 Greater Glasgow 412 421 499 444 505 381 28 Highland 29 25 45 44 42 43 7 Lanarkshire 151 152 148 157 148 131 4 Lothian 228 247 258 265 259 217 5 Orkney 2 1 4 4 5 1 0 Shetland 5 2 4 2 3 1 0 Tayside 118 124 135 128 116 110 14 Western Isles 5 5 3 4 3 6 0 Scotland 1,580 1,558 1,728 1,722 1,826 1,431 99 *registrations for 1993 and 1994 are incomplete