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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the death rates from (a) cancer and (b) coronary heart disease were in (i) the North West and (ii) each Lancashire constituency or district in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [158825] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle dated 8 March 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the latest death rates from (a) cancer and (b) coronary heart disease are in (i) the North West and (ii) in each Lancashire constituency or district in each of the last three years for which figures are available. (158825) The latest year for which the figures requested are available is 2002 and these are given, with figures for 2000 and 2001, in the attached table. Death rates1 from cancer and coronary heart disease2 in the north west Government office region3 and local authorities in the former county of Lancashire,3,4 2000 to 2002 5. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age standardised death rates per 100,000 population1 2000 2001 2002 Cancer North West 211 208 205 Blackburn with Darwen 208 198 218 Blackpool 211 229 218 Burnley 215 181 235 Chorley 224 200 175 Fylde 193 170 177 Hyndburn 207 228 207 Lancaster 182 176 201 Pendle 168 195 177 Preston 178 212 208 Ribble Valley 168 200 156 Rossendale 164 205 188 South Ribble 206 193 203 West Lancashire 203 203 192 Wyre 207 180 179 Coronary heart disease North West 157 155 146 Blackburn with Darwen 175 171 165 Blackpool 172 146 137 Burnley 168 166 152 Chorley 163 134 144 Fylde 138 130 119 Hyndbum 165 177 151 Lancaster 141 155 133 Pendle 157 134 154 Preston 164 158 130 Ribble Valley 137 135 122 Rossendale 166 146 149 South Ribble 144 144 125 West Lancashire 151 143 146 Wyre 142 122 124 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Rates per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population. 2 The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (1CD-9) for 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD- 10) for 2001-2002. The codes used are listed below: Cancer (malignant neoplasms)--/CD-9 140-208; ICD-10 COO- C97; Coronary Heart Disease--1CD-9 410-414; ICD-10 120-125. 3 Usual residents of these areas. 4 The former county of Lancashire comprises the current county and the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. 5 Deaths occurring in the calendar years 2000 to 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c1271-2W;418 c1273-4W; 158825

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Cancer Diseases Heart diseases Lancashire North West Mortality rates

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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