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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged (a) 30-39, (b) 40-49, (c) 50-59 and (d) 60-69 were diagnosed with cervical cancer per 100,000 population in each year since 1986. [141996] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Patsy Calton, dated 8 December 2003: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many people aged (a) 30-39, (b) 40-49, (c) 50-59 and (d) 60-69 were diagnosed with cervical cancer per 100,000 population each year since 1986. [141996]. The latest available figures, for people diagnosed with cervical cancer, are for 2000. The rate of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer of the cervix in England for the age groups requested are given in the table below for the years 1986 to 2000. Rates per 100,000 women of newly diagnosed cases for cervical 1 cancer in England, selected age groups, 1986-2000. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 30-39 26 25 28 25 24 22 20 20 40-49 26 27 24 23 26 20 18 20 50-59 23 23 26 21 23 18 17 16 60-69 31 30 29 28 28 23 20 17 Age 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 30-39 19 17 17 16 17 16 14 40-49 18 17 17 16 15 16 15 50-59 15 14 13 13 12 13 11 60-69 16 16 14 13 13 13 11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For the years 1986 to 1994, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code (ICD-9), code 180. For the years 1995 to 2000, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), code C53. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

141996; 415 c328-30W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Cervical cancer Diagnosis

Contains statistics

Yes

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