§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths from(a) circulatory disease and (b) cancer were recorded in each year since 1997. [149868]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Paul Burstow, dated 22 January 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from (a) circulatory disease and (b) cancer were recorded in each year since 1997.(149868)The latest year for which data are available is 2002. Figures for all circulatory diseases and cancer are shown in the table below for each year from 1997 to 2002.
Number of deaths from circulatory diseases and cancer1, England and Wales. 1997 to 20022
Calendar year (a) Circulatory diseases
(b) Cancer 1997 228,443 137,618 1998 226,675 138,306 1999 219,087 136,181 2000 207,228 134,793 20013 211,842 139,135 20023 209,433 140,174 1 The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9)for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 and 2002. The codes used are listed below: Diseases of the circulatory system—/CD-9 390–459; ICD-10100–199; Neoplasms—1CD-9 140–239; ICD-10 COO-D48. 2 Figures are based on deaths occurring in each calendar year. 3 The introduction of 1CD-10 for coding cause of death in 2001 means that data for circulatory diseases and cancer are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. The data should therefore be interpreted with caution. The effect of change in classification in 2001 on deaths from these causes is described in a report published in May 2002.* Office for National Statistics. Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999. Health Statistics Quarterly 14 (2002), 75–83.