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Treasury

Answer

Andrew George: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many patients have died in circumstances where the primary tumour was an osteosarcoma in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [155080] 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. Andrew George dated 19 February 2004: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many patients have died in circumstances where the primary tumour was an osteosarcoma in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. No figures are available on the number of deaths from osteosarcoma because it is defined in terms of cell type, and this information is not collected at death registration. Deaths from osteosarcoma are included in figures for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage. The number of deaths from malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available are given in the table below. Number of deaths from malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England 1993-2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of deaths 1993 187 1994 188 1995 175 1996 214 1997 212 1998 195 1999 201 2000 202 2001 248 2002 229 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: For the years 1993 to 2000, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Code (ICD-9) code 170. For the years 2001 to 2002, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (1CD-10) codes C40 and C41. Source: Office for National Statistics

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c17W; 155080

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Death Cancer Osteosarcoma

Contains statistics

Yes

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