HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 cc835-6W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new cases of oral cancer were detected(a) in each regional health authority and (b) nationally in (i) 1991 and (ii) 1992. [40572]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The number of new cases of oral cancer detected in(a) each regional health authority and (b) nationally in 1991 are shown in the table. Data for 1992 are not yet available.

Oral Cancer Registrations (ICD1 codes 140–149 excluding 142 by regional health authority and constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
19912 Number
Northern 221
Yorkshire 227
Trent 249
East Anglian 110
North-west Thames 207
North-east Thames 175
South-east Thames 199
South-west Thames 142
Wessex 194
Oxford 124
South Western 155
West Midlands 320
Mersey 189
North Western 249
England 2,761
Wales3 185
Scotland 466
North Ireland 103
UK 3,515
1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.
2 All data are provisional, except those for Scotland.
3 1990 data; 1991 are not yet available.

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