HC Deb 17 October 1995 vol 264 cc197-8W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the mortality rates from(a) cervical, (b) breast, (c) lung and (d) bowel cancer in (i) England and (ii) other OECD countries. [36618]

Mr. Sackville

This information is shown in the table.

Provisional mortality rates for England 1993
Description ICD91 code Crude death rate (per 100,000)
Malignant neoplasm of the bowel 152,153,154 31.3
Malignant neoplasm of the lung 162 62.9
Malignant neoplasm of the female breast 174 49.3
Malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri 180 5.6
1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.

The latest available data for other Organisation of Holding size Economic Co-operation and Development countries can be found in the "World Health Statistics Annual 1993", copies of which are available in the Library.

Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the mortality rates from all cancers in(a) England and (b) other OECD countries. [36617]

Mr. Sackville

This information is shown in the table.

Provisional mortality rates for England 1993
Description ICD91 code Crude death rate (per 100,000)
Malignant neoplasms 140–208 270.7
1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.

The latest available data for other Organisations of Economic Co-operation and Development Countries can be found in the "World Health Statistics Annual 1993", copies of which are available in the Library.

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