§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what(a) number and (b) percentage of the population suffered the most prevalent forms of cancer in (i) 1970 and (ii) 1998, indicating the proportion of each group who were likely to make a recovery in each of those years. [107487]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Maclean, dated 31 January 2000:
441WAs Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on the number and percentage of the population suffering from prevalent forms of cancer.The number and rate of new cases of cancer registered in 1971 and 1996 are given in the table for the major forms of cancer (those with more than 1,000 cases). These years are the earliest and latest dates for which national data are available for cases diagnosed in England and Wales. Figures are not available on patients recovering. However, figures are available on five-year relative survival. The table provides data for patients diagnosed in 1971–75 and 1986–90 in England and Wales.
New cases of cancer, major sites by sex, 1971 and 1996 (provisional estimates) and five-year relative survival for patients diagnosed in 1971–75 and 1986–90, England and Wales 1971 1996 Site Number1 Rate per 100,0002 Five-year survival (%) 1971–75 Number1 Rate per 100,0002 Five-year survival (%)1986–90 Males Bladder 5,359 23.6 44 8,510 29.5 62 Brain 1,360 5.8 7 1,910 7.3 13 Colon 5,158 23.3 22 8,850 30.8 38 Kidney 1,334 5.8 28 3,060 11.1 38 Larynx 1,289 5.5 57 1,550 5.7 63 Leukaemias 2,114 9.2 12 2,860 10.3 24 Lung 25,601 108.3 4 22,300 77.2 5 Malignant melanoma 372 1.7 46 1,850 6.9 68 Multiple myeloma 669 2.9 10 1,550 5.4 17 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma3 1,190 5.2 27 3,870 14.6 41 Oesophagus 1,727 7.7 3 3,540 12.6 5 Pancreas 2,649 11.7 2 2,780 9.8 2 Prostate 6,174 29.0 31 18,900 63.5 41 Rectum 4,462 19.8 25 6,180 22.0 36 Stomach 7,301 31.9 4 5,910 20.4 9 Testis 649 2.8 69 1,490 5.5 90 Females Bladder 1,890 5.7 42 3,320 8.1 57 Brain 989 3.8 9 1,560 5.2 15 Breast 18,758 66.9 52 31,200 101.4 66 Cervix 4,089 15.9 52 2,600 8.9 61 Colon 7,160 21.9 23 9,830 24.0 39 Kidney 876 2.9 28 1,860 5.4 35 Leukaemias 1,653 5.5 13 2,490 6.9 26 Lung 5,743 19.1 4 12,700 35.1 5 Malignant melanoma 783 3.1 65 2,540 8.4 82 Multiple myeloma 672 2.1 11 1,350 3.4 19 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma3 1,043 3.5 31 3,294 9.8 45 Oesophagus 1,406 4.2 5 2,510 5.9 8 Ovary 4,093 14.5 21 5,720 18.0 28 Pancreas 2,314 6.9 2 3,190 7.7 2 Rectum 3,616 11.1 27 4,610 12.2 39 Stomach 5,180 15.1 5 3,220 7.4 11 Uterus 3,462 11.8 61 4,000 12.4 70 1 Number of newly diagnosed cases. 2 Directly age-standardised to the European standard population. 3 Latest available data for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are for 1994.