§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new cases of(a) oral cancer and (b) glaucoma were detected in each family health service authority area in each of the last 20 years. [25257]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightStatistics are not collected centrally on glaucoma. The information requested on oral cancer for each of the last 20 years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, provisional numbers of oral cancers diagnosed in 1990 for each regional health authority in England and Wales are given in the table.
Regional health authority as of 1990 Number Northern 193 Yorkshire 227 Trent 225 East Anglia 116 North West Thames 168 North East Thames 150 South East Thames 195 South West Thames 137 Wessex 166 Oxford 116 South Western 140 West Midlands 261 Mersey 187 North Western 283 Wales 168 Total 2,732 Figures for earlier years are contained in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys annual reference volumes "Cancer statistics, registrations", series MBI numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10–16 and 18–22, copies of which are available in the Members' Library.