§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the latest figures for the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and Hodgkin's disease in the United Kingdom, categorised by sex and age; and what is the percentage rise in incidence since 1982. [HL4248]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated May 2002.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the latest figures for the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and Hodgkin's disease in the United Kingdom, categorised by sex and age; and the percentage rise in incidence since 1982. (HL4248)
The latest available cancer incidence figures are for the year 1998. The number of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of Hodgkin's disease and NHL by sex and age group for the United Kingdom are given in the table below.
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Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of Hodgkin's disease and NHL, by sex and age group, 1998, United Kingdom Number of cases Hodgkin's disease1 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma2 Age group Male Female Male Female 0–14 43 17 75 25 15–24 118 95 62 52 25–34 155 159 176 118 35–44 150 93 337 210 45–54 96 67 609 464 55–64 78 56 887 715 65–74 97 68 1,169 1,070 75–84 41 50 919 1,030 85+ 6 21 267 429 All ages 784 626 4,501 4,113
Sources: England, Office for National Statistics. Wales, Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit. Scotland, Information and Statistics Division. Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry. 1 ICD10 code C81. 2 ICD10 codes C82–85. Cancer incidence data for 1982 are not available for Northern Ireland. The percentage changes in incidence of Hodgkin's disease and NHL for Great Britain between 1982 and 1998 are given in the table below.
Age standardised rates' for Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 1982 and 1998, Great Britain Hodgkin's disease2 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma3 1982 1998 % change 1982 1998 % change Male 3.0 2.7 -13 8.7 14.3 +65 Female 1.8 2.7 +48 6.0 10.4 +72 1 Per 100,000 population, using the European standard population. 2 ICD9 code 201, ICDIO code C81. 3 ICD9 codes 200 and 202. ICD10 codes C82–85.