§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown by age range of the incidence of breast cancer in women in Scotland in each of the last five years. [44935]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe information requested is set out in the table:
Number of registrations of incident cases of breast cancer (ICD-9' 174) among women in Scotland by age group and year of registration, 1992–1996 Age Group 1992 7995 1994 1995 1996 15–24 4 2 5 1 2 25–34 76 67 80 59 73 35–44 284 302 294 289 285 45–54 654 659 627 706 766 55–64 874 751 762 806 741 65–74 615 624 634 654 641 75–84 512 497 455 468 451 85+ 225 220 240 235 189 All ages 3,244 3,122 3,097 3,218 3,418