§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of women in the age brackets(a) 18 to 30, (b) 30 to 40, (c) 40 to 50, (d) 50 to 65 and (e) 65 years and over were routinely offered screening for breast cancer on a call and recall basis in each of the last five years; [106997]
(2) what is the survival rate for women whose breast cancer is discovered (a) through breast screening on a call and recall basis and (b) by other means; [106998]
(3) how many women aged (a) 18 to 30, (b) 30 to 40, (c) 40 to 50, (d) 50 to 65 and (e) 65 years and over (i) died from breast cancer in each of the last five years and (ii) were screened for breast cancer on a call and recall basis in each of the last five years. [106996]
§ Yvette CooperThe number of women who died from breast cancer in the last five years is shown in the table:
Deaths from cancer of the female breast 1, years of occurrence, England and Wales Age group 20–292 30–39 40–49 50–64 65+ Total 1993 33 321 1,229 3,273 8,172 13,028 1994 29 372 1,227 3,204 7,998 12,830 1995 30 332 1,199 3,153 7,829 12,543 1996 24 340 1,153 2,946 7,716 12,179 1997 25 359 1,032 2,985 7,579 11,980 1998 26 320 1,020 3,021 7,372 11,759 1 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, code 174. 2 There were no deaths from female breast cancer at ages 18 and 19 in the years in question. Information about women screened is available for the target age group for the National Heath Service breast screening programme, which is 50 to 64. Some women over the age of 65 continue to be called for screening under the programme, for example to follow up questions raised by a previous mammogram. Information about those women screened on a call and recall basis in each of the last five years is shown in the table. 330W
Thousand Number of women screened Age 50–64 65 and over 1993–94 929.7 1— 1994–95 952.8 12.9 1995–96 949.7 14.4 1996–97 982.0 16.8 1997–98 1,030.7 23.2 1 Not available Source:
KC62, Statistics Division SD2B
Similarly, information about women invited for screening is available for the target age group and those recalled after the age of 65. Information about those women invited for screening on a call and recall basis in each of the last five years is shown in the table. The screening programme operates on a three-year cycle, and these figures represent one third of the eligible population in each year.
Thousand Number of women invited for screening on a call and recall basis Age 50–64 65 and over 1993–94 1— 1— 1994–95 1,231.7 17.7 1995–96 1,245.8 20.1 1996–97 1,300.6 23.4 1997–98 1.366.9 31.9 1 Not available Source:
KC62, Statistics Division SD2B
An audit of screen detected breast cancers for the year of screening April 1997 to March 1998, published jointly by the NHS breast screening programme and the British Association of Surgical Oncology in April 1999, reported that the five-year breast cancer survival rate for women screened in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1992–93 was 92.5 per cent. Comparable data are not available for women whose cancers are detected in other ways.