§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the mortality rate for male breast cancer in each of the last 10 years. [146912]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Eric Pickles, dated 25 January 2001:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the mortality rate for male breast cancer in each of the last ten years (146812).The information requested is provided in the attached table.
Age-standardised male breast cancer1 mortality rate2 for England and Wales 1990–99 Number of deaths Age-standardised mortality rate2 (per 100,000 population) 1990 107 0.4 1991 82 0.3 1992 92 0.4 1993 87 0.3 1994 87 0.3 1995 80 0.3 1996 67 0.2 1997 67 0.2 1998 75 0.3 1999 65 0.2 1 Breast cancer deaths are classified according to the International Classification of disease ninth edition, and are selected using ICD9 code 175 2 The rate is calculated using the European standard population