§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths from(a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) lung cancer were recorded in each year since 1996, broken down by age; and how many deaths per 100,000 population there were in each case. [146210]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 7 January 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) lung cancer were recorded in each year since 1996, broken down by age; and how many deaths per 100,000 population there were in each case. 1 am replying in his absence. (146210)All the figures requested can be found in the annual series, published by ONS, Mortality Statistics: Cause. Series DH2. Copies of these publications are available from the House of Commons Library. This publication is also available on the internet at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ST ATBASE/Product. asp?vink = 618The most recent volume in the series, DH2 No. 29, contains the latest available data, for 2002. Table 5 of this publication shows death rates for 1996 to 2002 for lung cancer (1CD-10 C33-C34; 1CD-9 162) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1CD-10 J40,144; ICD-9 490-492, 496). The number of deaths by sex and age can be found in Table 2 of each annual volume.