§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many new cases of oral cancer, including cancers of the lip, tongue and oral hypo-pharynx, have been recorded since 1989; [13769]
(2) how many oral cancer cases reported in each of the last three years were of people aged (a) under 15 years, (b) 15 to 19 years, (c) 20 to 35 years, (d) 36 to 64 years and (e) over 65 years; and how many were (i) male and (ii) female. [13787]
§ Mr. HoramProvisional numbers of oral cancers' diagnosed in 1990 in England and Wales are shown in the table.
Age Males Females Total 0–14 4 5 9 15–19 7 0 7 20–34 34 21 55 35–64 824 347 1,171 65 and over 878 612 1,490 Total 1,747 985 2,732 1 Oral cancer is defined as: cancer of the lip (International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, 140), tongue (ICD9 141), gum (ICD9 143), floor of mouth (ICD9 144), other and unspecified parts of the mouth (ICD9 145), oropharynx (ICD9 146), nasopharynx (ICD9 147) and hypopharynx (ICD9 148). Cancers of the salivary glands (ICD9 142) have been excluded as they are not normally grouped with oral cancers. Figures for 1988 and 1989 are contained in the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys annual reference volumes, "Cancer statistics, registrations", series MB1 numbers 21 and 22, respectively; copies of which are available in the Library.