Breast Cancer (Hansard, 19 June 1995)

HC Deb 19 June 1995 vol 262 cc42-3W 42W

§ Ms Jowell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the mortality and five-year survival rates for women diagnosed as having breast cancer for each year since 1989. [28089]

§ Mr. Sackville
The mortality rates for England and Wales are shown in the table.
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Mortality, from malignant neoplasm of the female breast (ICD¹ 174): deaths per 100,000 women 1989–1993.

1989 54.0

1990 52.4

1991 52.8

1992 52.2

1993 49.5

¹ International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.

The latest available information for England and Wales indicates that in the mid-1980s the five-year relative survival was 63 per cent.

Mortality, from malignant neoplasm of the female breast (ICD¹ 174): deaths per 100,000 women 1989–1993.
1989	54.0
1990	52.4
1991	52.8
1992	52.2
1993	49.5
¹ International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.