§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a breakdown by age range of the incidence of breast cancer in women in England in each of the last five years. [44936]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Incidence of breast cancer, England, 1989–1993 Number of newly diagnosed cases Rate per 100,000 1989 1990 1991 19921 19931 1989 1990 1991 19921 19931 Under 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 1–4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5–9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10–14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15–19 2 1 2 1 3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 20–24 29 26 24 18 20 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.1 25–29 145 148 129 152 141 7.6 7.6 6.5 7.7 7.2 30–34 407 398 440 486 460 24.6 23.3 25.0 26.8 24.7 35–39 945 873 921 945 882 59.5 55.4 58.3 59.0 54.1 40–44 1,867 1,720 1,829 1,744 1,577 109.0 99.2 105.0 105.2 97.9 45–49 2,272 2,246 2,432 2,797 2,707 166.4 159.6 165.4 174.9 162.0 50–54 2,393 2,694 2,995 3,093 2,946 186.6 208.9 234.6 241.2 225.2 55–59 2,754 3,081 3,468 3,313 2,984 221.2 251.0 285.1 271.9 242.0 60–64 3,259 3,801 3,976 3,855 3,447 259.1 304.5 320.8 314.2 284.7 65–69 3,431 3,343 3,128 3,047 2,698 255.6 260.1 251.7 251.5 226.8 70–74 2,584 2,647 2,863 3,033 3,006 259.6 255.1 265.2 270.8 257.5 75–79 2,693 2,618 2,697 2,611 2,336 278.9 271.2 282.6 281.5 265.7 80–84 2,055 1,998 2,154 2,258 2,052 292.6 281.4 300.9 315.1 286 85+ 1,936 1,915 2,092 2,204 2,129 360.2 343.7 360.8 364.7 337 All ages 26,773 27,510 29,150 29,557 27,392 109.5 112.2 118.4 119.7 110.7 DAS2 — — — — — 95.2 98.9 105.2 105.7 97.2 1 Provisional data 2 Directly age standardised using the European standard population to take account of the changing age structure of the population