§ Mr. BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the death rate is for(a) lung, (b) breast, (c) prostate, (d) ovarian and (e) leukaemia cancer patients within the NHS; and what the figures were for each year since 1997. [75785]
§ Ruth KellyThe answer requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Gregory Barker, dated 22 October 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question asking what the death rate is for (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) prostate, (d) ovarian and (e) leukaemia cancer patients within the NHS; and what the figures were for each year since 1997. I am replying in his absence. (75785)
The information that is available on deaths from cancer is given in the attached table, and relates to all those occurring in England and Wales in each year. It is likely that the vast majority of these will have had some contact with the NHS during their treatment, but it is not possible to state which were NHS patients.
Age-standardised death rates1 per million: selected cancers, by sex England and Wales 1997–2000 Trachea, bronchus and lung (162) Breast* (174) Ovary and other uterine adnexa (183) Prostate (185) eukaemia (204–208) Calendar year3 Males 1997 649 — — 277 66 1998 641 — — 274 66 1999 609 — — 270 66 2000 590 — — 257 66 Females 1997 285 336 115 — 43 1998 291 327 117 — 40 1999 289 318 112 — 44 2000 285 310 110 — 39 1 Directly age-standardised to the European standard population. 2 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes given in brackets in the table 3 Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year