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answer text: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 25 June 2008:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed, and how many deaths from prostate cancer there were, in each strategic health authority region in each of the last 11 years. (212813)""The most recent available figures for cancer incidence are for 2005. Figures requested are given in Table 1 below. The most recent available figures for cancer deaths are for 2006. Figures requested are given in Table 2 below." Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer¹, males, by Strategic health authority, 1995 to 2005 SHA 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 England 19,473 19,866 19,878 20,375 22,203 24,256 27,380 27,672 27,777 29,406 28,886 North East 771 861 887 1,063 1,229 1,243 1,407 1,389 1,475 1,321 1,403 Northwest 2,733 2,839 2,554 2,626 2,843 3,096 3,651 3,525 3,637 4,468 4,293 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,730 1,784 1,857 1,818 1,923 2,372 2,631 2,598 2,639 2,909 2,729 East Midlands 1,495 1,601 1,465 1,531 1,747 1,939 2,115 2,136 2,090 2,415 2,619 West Midlands 2,035 2,144 2,085 2,247 2,411 2,723 3,076 3,235 3,249 3,377 3,350 East of England 2,283 2,396 2,247 2,266 2,609 2,938 3,192 3,270 3,194 3,164 3,453 London 2,449 2,400 2,593 2,661 2,742 2,797 3,074 3,115 3,062 3,012 2,875 South East Coast 2,078 1,889 2,081 1,997 2,225 2,289 2,441 2,302 2,270 2,268 2,317 South Central 1,543 1,549 1,480 1,632 1,808 2,038 2,349 2,361 2,334 2,484 2,169 South West 2,356 2,403 2,629 2,534 2,666 2,821 3,444 3,741 3,827 3,988 3,678 ¹ Prostate cancer is coded to C61 in the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) Source: Office for National Statistics Table 2: Number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, males, by strategic health author…
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