§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
What information is available on regional variations in the incidence, per thousand of the population, of breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, bowel cancer and liver cancer. [HL2769]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Lord Morris of Manchester from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. T. Holt, dated 17 July 1998.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent question on information available on various cancers.
Incidence rates of cancers of the breast, lung, cervix, prostate, bowel and liver for each region in England and Wales are published in the annual reference volume series, Cancer statistics—registrations, series MB1 by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent volume contains data for new cases diagnosed in 1991. Provisional numbers of new cases in 1992 by region for the major cancer sites were published in ONS Monitor MB1 97/1. Copies of these publications are held in the House of Lords Library.