§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many breast cancer(a) cases and (b) deaths occurred in each health region in the latest available year.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the table.
Deaths and new registration of malignant neoplasm of female breast—ICD1 174—by regional health authority, for the latest years for which data are available.
Deaths (1992) Registrations (1989) Northern 796 1,472 Yorkshire 888 1,918 Trent 1,287 2,166 East Anglian 593 1,144 North west Thames 819 1,821 North east Thames 938 2,125 South east Thames 1,061 2,069 South west Thames 885 1,762 Wessex 871 2,004 Oxford 648 1,132 South Western 989 1,976 West Midlands 1,402 2,860 Mersey 646 1,356 North Western 981 2,032 Wales 824 1,931 1 International classification of diseases, 9th revision.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of female deaths were a result of(a) breast and (b) cervical cancer in each regional health authority area, in the latest period for which data are available.
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§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is shown in the table.
Percentage of all female deaths that were a result of (a) malignant neoplasm of female breast (ICD1174) and (b) malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (ICD1180), by regional health authority 1992.
RHA Breast Cervix uteri Northern 4.2 0.5 Yorkshire 4.2 0.6 Trent 4.9 0.6 East Anglian 5.3 0.5 North west Thames 5.0 0.6 North east Thames 4.8 0.6 South east Thames 4.9 0.6 South west Thames 5.1 0.4 Wessex 5.1 0.4 Oxford 5.5 0.5 South western 4.9 0.7 West Midlands 5.0 0.6 Mersey 4.5 0.6 North western 3.9 0.6 Wales 4.7 0.6 1International classification of disease, 9th revision.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities routinely carry out cervical smear tests every(a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally.