§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women were(a) diagnosed with and (b) died due to breast cancer in each year since 1997. [24648]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 8 January 2002
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many women were (a) diagnosed with and (b) died owing to breast cancer in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2000 and (v) 2001. I am replying in his absence. (24648).The available information on the numbers of new cases, and deaths from, breast cancer in females (all ages) in England from 1997 onwards is given in the table below.
Cases Deaths 1997 31,380 11,240 1998 32,908 11,005 1999 1— 10,856 2000 1— 10,609 1 Not yet available. Source:
Cases—1997: Office for National Statistics. 'Cancer statistics—registrations, England', 1995–97. Series MBI no.28. London: The Stationery Office, 2001.
1998: 'Cancer: number of new cases, 1998; by sex and age' at http: //www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/ D4505.xls.
Deaths—Mortality statistics: Cause, Series DH2 Nos. 24, 25, 26 and 27. Figures are for deaths where the underlying cause was coded to 174 using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rates for(a) breast, (b) lung, (c) cervical, (d) colon, (e) stomach, (f) prostate and (g) bladder cancer are (i) nationally, (ii) in the Buckinghamshire health authority area and (iii) in the South East regional office area. [24852]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the five year survival rates for (a) breast, (b) lung, (c) cervical, (d) colon, (e) stomach, (f) prostate and 805W (g) bladder cancer are (i) nationally, (ii) in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area and (iii) in the South East Regional Office area. I am replying in his absence. (24852)At the national level, figures are routinely presented for men and women separately, while those at regional and local levels are given for persons only. The latest available information is given in this format in the table below.
Five-year relative survival (℅), persons diagnosed in 1992–94 and followed up to 31 December 1999: selected cancers, England, South East Regional Office area and Buckinghamshire Health Authority area Percentage England South-East Buckinghamshire Cancer site Men Women Persons Persons Breast* — 75.0 76.4 78 Lung 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.8 Cervix : 65.2 65.4 64 Colon 42.6 42.1 45.7 44 Stomach 10.0 10.8 11.7 8.3 Prostate 54.9 : 57.9 57 Bladder 66.2 57.9 67.7 72 * Figures for breast exclude the very small numbers of cases in men. Source: `Cancer Survival: five year relative survival rates in England by Health Authority up to 1999' at: http: //www.statistics.gov.uk/ statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D4878.xls.
Corresponding survival rates for cervical, stomach, bladder and oesophageal cancer are unpublished, but will be placed on the website in January 2002.