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Nervous System Diseases

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Robert Flello, dated 5 July 2005:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the incidence of (a) brain tumours, (b) other cancers, (c) Parkinson's disease and (d) other diseases of the nervous system per 1,000 population in (i) England and (ii) the ST3 postcode area in the last period for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence. [9954]""The most recent available figures on newly diagnosed cases of cancer are for the year 2002. The number and rates of newly diagnosed cases of brain cancer and other cancers were published in ““Cancer registrations in England, 2002””. This publication shows the age-standardised incidence rates (directly standardised to the European standard population). For brain cancer these were 7.8 in males and 5.2 in females, per 100,000 population in England. The age-standardised incidence rates for other malignant cancers (excluding brain and non-melanoma skin cancer) were 385.7 in males and 326.0 in females, per 100,000 population in England.""Cancer incidence figures for the postcode sector ST3 can not be provided because of the risk to patient confidentially. The smallest areas for which cancer incidence figures are provided is primary care trusts. However, figures for brain cancer are not routinely available at this geographic level.""Rates of first diagnosis of Parkinsons disease in the fourth national study of Morbidity Statistics from General Practice, which covered England and Wales, were 36 per 100,000 population. Figures are not available from this study for smaller areas.""There is no information available centrally on the incidence of other diseases of the nervous system."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

9954; 436 c277-8W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Diseases Nervous system

Contains statistics

Yes