§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women have been screened for cervical cancer; and how many women died from cervical cancer in each(a) family health service authority, (b) district health authority and (c) regional health authority in each year since 1987 and in 1994 to date.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on cervical cancer screening is available centrally for financial years 1988–89 to 1992–93. For 1988–89, coverage information is available only as a national figure. From 1989–90 to 1992–93, it is available by region; for 1992–93 it is also available by district health authority. It is not collected centrally by family health services authority.
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Percentage coverage of woman screened for cervical cancer in the last 5.5 years Region 1988–89 per cent. 1989–90 per cent. 1990–91 per cent. 1991–92 per cent. 1992–93 per cent. England total 43.0 162.0 74.0 79.9 82.9 Northern — 64.0 79.0 83.5 85.8 Yorkshire — 65.0 81.0 84.8 87.0 Trent — 72.0 83.0 87.5 88.8 East Anglia — 68.0 83.0 85.8 86.7 North West Thames — 42.0 58.0 65.0 70.3 North East Thames — 34.0 50.0 64.4 72.3 South East Thames — data unusable 61.0 70.3 79.0 South West Thames — 46.0 66.0 78.0 80.1 Wessex — 75.0 86.0 87.6 88.5 Oxford — 79.0 82.0 85.1 86.1 South Western — 78.0 84.0 86.5 87.5 West Midlands — 71.0 81.0 84.1 85.5 Mersey — 72.0 79.0 82.0 83.5 North Western — 61.0 79.0 83.5 85.8 1excluding South East Thames region. This information is obtained from the central return KC53 which collects information from the computerised call and recall system for Cervical Cancer Screening in England. Coverage information by district health authority is published in Cervical Cytology 1992–93 Summary Information from Form KC53 England, copies of which are available in the Library.
Cervical cancer mortality data by health authority region are available for the years 1987 to 1992. Mortality data by health authority are available in the Library in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys DH5 series.