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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from skin cancer were recorded in each year since 1997. (285451)""The table attached provides the number of deaths where skin cancer was the underlying cause of death, in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2008 (the latest year available)."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Number of deaths where skin cancer was the underlying cause of death¹, England and Wales², 1997 to 2008³,4</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Deaths (persons)</TD></TR><TR><TD>1997</TD><TD>1,734</TD></TR><TR><TD>1998</TD><TD>1,865</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999</TD><TD>1,844</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000</TD><TD>1,867</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>1,877</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>1,921</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>2,036</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>2,073</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>2,068</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>2,109</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>2,313</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>2,264</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 172-173 (Malignant melanoma of skin, and Other malignant neoplasm of skin) for the years 1997 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C43 -C44 (Malignant melanoma of skin, and Other malignant neoplasm of skin) for 2001 onwards.</td></TR><TR><td>² Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents.</td></TR><TR><td>³ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.</td></TR><TR><td>4 Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |