Written question asked by Lord Cunningham of Felling (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 21 March 1997. It was answered by Angela Knight (Conservative) on Friday, 21 March 1997 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: How many deaths there have been from cancer in people under the age of 40 years in each health authority region in each of the last 10 years. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of Office for National Statistics. Reference to Table 4 "Mortality statistics: area, England and Wales", VS3 tables and ONS Series DH2 (in Library).

Answer: Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there have been from cancer in people under the age of 40 years in each health authority region in each of the last 10 years. [21549] Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Dr. John Cunningham, dated 21 March 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to your recent question asking how many deaths have occurred from cancer in people under the age of 40 years in each health authority region in each of the last 10 years. This information is published from 1986 to 1992 in Table 4 of "Mortality statistics: area, England and Wales", series DH5, no. 13 to no. 19, and from 1993 to 1995 in VS3 tables which are available on floppy disk. All of these sources can be accessed in the House of Commons library. New procedures for coding cause of death from 1993 mean that figures for 1993 onwards may not be exactly comparable with earlier years. More details may be found in ONS Series DH2 for 1993 (revised) and 1994, which was published in September 1996. Copies are available in the House of Commons library.

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