Cancer Deaths (Hansard, 3 November 1998)

HC Deb 03 November 1998 vol 318 c483W 483W

§ Dr. Strang
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what proportion of deaths in Scotland were due to cancer in each of the last five years. [56983]

§ Mr. McLeish
The information requested is given in the table.

Cancer¹deaths in Scotland, 1993–1997

Year Number of deaths from cancer As a percentage of all deaths

1993 15,458 24.1

1994 15,164 25.6

1995 15,224 25.2

1996 15,171 25.0

1997 14,889 25.0

¹Underlying cause of death categories included—International Classification of Diseases etc., ninth revision (ICD 9), codes 140–208, malignant neoplasms.

Cancer¹deaths in Scotland, 1993–1997
Year	Number of deaths from cancer	As a percentage of all deaths
1993	15,458	24.1
1994	15,164	25.6
1995	15,224	25.2
1996	15,171	25.0
1997	14,889	25.0
¹Underlying cause of death categories included—International Classification of Diseases etc., ninth revision (ICD 9), codes 140–208, malignant neoplasms.