HC Deb 21 January 1997 vol 288 cc537-8W
Sir Julian Critchley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new cases of bowel cancer were diagnosed on average in each of the last 10 years; and how many people died of carcinoma of the bowel in 1995. [10833]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The number of deaths that occurred in England and Wales in 1995, together with aged standardised rates per 100,000 population, and the data on new cases of bowel cancer are given in the following tables:

The numbers of deaths that occurred in England and Wales in 1995 (together with age standardised rate per 100,000)
Males Females
Numbers Rate1 Numbers Rate1
Malignant neoplasm of small intestine, including duodenum (ICD2 152) 116 0.4 98 0.3
Malignant neoplasm of colon (ICD2 153) 5,178 18.1 5,636 13
Malignant neoplasm of rectum, rectosigmoid junction and anus (ICD2 154) 2,813 9.9 2,122 4.9
Bowel cancer (ICD2 152–154) 8,107 28.5 8,107 28.5
1 The male and female rates have been directly standardised against the (same) European Standard Population so that the mortality for males can be compared with that for females.
2 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.

Incidence of bowel cancer (ICD9 152, 153 and 154), numbers and rates per 100,0001, England and Wales, 1982–91: males and females (1directly age standardised using European standard population)
Male Female
Year Numbers Rate Numbers Rate
Malignant neoplasm of small intestine including duodenum (ICD9 152)
1982 154 0.6 145 0.4
1983 182 0.7 157 0.5
1984 178 0.7 167 0.5
1985 205 0.8 171 0.5
1986 168 0.7 175 0.5
1987 189 0.8 175 0.5
1988 181 0.7 196 0.5
1989 177 0.7 193 0.6
1990 178 0.7 191 0.5
1991 216 0.8 185 0.5
Malignant neoplasm of colon (ICD9 153)
1982 6,837 27.3 8,633 23.7
1983 6,955 27.8 8,709 23.6
1984 7,020 27.5 8,651 23.0
1985 7,399 28.7 9,066 24.1
1986 7,163 27.6 9,016 23.9
1987 7,679 29.3 9,323 23.8
1988 7,714 29.1 9,413 24.1
1989 7,802 29.1 9,102 23.0
1990 8,024 29.8 9,316 23.5
1991 8,069 29.5 9,403 23.7
Male Female
Year Numbers Rate Numbers Rate
Malignant neoplasm of rectum, rectosigmoid junction and anus (ICD9 154)
1982 5,364 21.4 4,541 12.7
1983 5,543 21.9 4,641 12.9
1984 5,564 21.9 4,549 12.4
1985 6,028 23.3 4,693 12.7
1986 5,659 21.7 4,554 12.3
1987 5,644 21.6 4,553 12.1
1988 5,849 22.2 4,587 12.3
1989 5,690 21.4 4,565 12.0
1990 5,898 22.1 4,474 11.9
1991 5,826 21.6 4,441 11.8
Bowel cancer (ICD9 152–4)
1982 12,354 49.4 13,319 36.8
1983 12,681 50.4 13,506 37.0
1984 12,763 50.1 13,367 35.9
1985 13,632 52.8 13,931 37.3
1986 12,990 49.9 13,746 36.7
1987 13,512 51.7 14,051 36.5
1988 13,745 52.1 14,196 36.9
1989 13,669 51.2 13,860 35.6
1990 14,100 52.6 13,981 35.9
1991 14,111 52.0 14,029 35.9
1 The male and female rates have been directly standardised against the (same) European Standard Population so that the mortality for males can be compared with that for females.

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