§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men died from prostate cancer in each health authority in the last year for which figures are available. [142837]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 15 December 2000]The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Dr. Ashok Kumar, dated 19 December 2000:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on deaths from prostate cancer in each health authority in the last year for which figures are available.The information requested is provided in the attached table.158W
Number of deaths from Prostate cancer1 by Health Authority, men, England and Wales, 1999 Health Authority Number of deaths Avon 174 Barking and Havering 63 Barnet 40 Barnsley 36 Bedfordshire 74 Berkshire 114 Bexley and Greenwich 54 Birmingham 135 Bradford 67 Brent and Harrow 47 Bromley 51 Buckinghamshire 123 Bury and Rochdale 66 Calderdale and Kirklees 90 Cambridgeshire 103 Camden and Islington 33 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 112 County Durham 99 Coventry 46 Croydon 54 Doncaster 48 Dorset 167 Dudley 60
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Number of deaths from Prostate cancer1 by Health Authority, men, England and Wales, 1999 Health Authority Number of deaths Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 65 East and North Hertfordshire 59 East Kent 142 East Lancashire 88 East London and The City 72 East Riding 106 East Surrey 67 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 163 Enfield and Haringey 68 Gateshead and South Tyneside 47 Gloucestershire 91 Herefordshire 46 Hillingdon 38 Isle of Wight 28 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 50 Kingston and Richmond 44 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 77 Leeds 105 Leicestershire 143 Lincolnshire 124 Liverpool 53 Manchester 49 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 92 Morecambe Bay 64 Newcastle and North Tyneside 62 Norfolk 173 North and East Devon 134 North and Mid Hampshire 91 North Cheshire 41 North Cumbria 59 North Derbyshire 65 North Essex 180 North Nottinghamshire 71 North Staffordshire 68 North West Lancashire 93 North Yorkshire 131 Northamptonshire 98 Northumberland 42 Nottingham 104 Oxfordshire 86 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 89 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 62 Rotherham 41 Salford and Trafford 77 Sandwell 47 Sefton 64 Shefield 73 Shropshire 82 Solihull 29 Somerset 94 South and West Devon 118 South Cheshire 106 South Derbyshire 64 South Essex 107 South Humber 60 South Lancashire 43 South Staffordshire 82 Southampton and South West Hampshire 99 St. Helens and Knowsley 42 Stockport 39 Suffolk 135 Sunderland 38 Tees 87 Wakefield 38 Walsall 55 Warwickshire 84 West Hertfordshire 82 West Kent 160 West Pennine 66 West Surrey 118 West Sussex 187 Wigan and Bolton 62 Wiltshire 104 Wirral 42 Wolverhampton 38 Worcestershire 99 England 8,048
Number of deaths from Prostate cancer1 by Health Authority, men, England and Wales, 1999 Health Authority Number of deaths Bro Taf 113 Gwent 69 Dyfed Powys 90 North Wales 112 Morgannwg 85 Wales 479 1 Prostate cancer deaths are classificated according to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition and are selected using ICD9 code 185