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Cancer And Leukaemia

Volume 168: debated on Thursday 8 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the incidence of cancer and leukaemia confirmed in children in Great Britain.

[holding answer 5 March 1990]: The data cover the years 1980–85, later data for Great Britain as a whole not yet being available.

Number of cases of (a) all malignant neoplasms1 (b) leukaemia2 ages 0–14 years, Great Britain, 1980–85
(a) All malignant neoplasms(b) Leukaemia
YearMalesFemalesMalesFemales
1980666515204161
1981640553208183
1982625502204173
1983681525241188
1984670549217181
31985619472197152
1 Assigned to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th revision codes 140–208.
1 Assigned to the 9th revision ICD codes 204–208.
3 Provisional.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people in the area of the Pontefract health authority have been diagnosed or treated for cancer or cancer-related diseases including leukaemia over the past five years; and if he will make a statement;

(2) how many people in the area of the Wakefield health authority have been diagnosed or treated for cancer or cancer-related diseases including leukaemia over the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 5 March 1990]: The exact information requested is not available.The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) publishes annual cancer statistics using data collected by the 11 regional cancer registries and the Welsh cancer registry. Data concerning newly diagnosed cases of

(a) malignant neoplasms and (b) leukaemias for Pontefract and Wakefield district health authorities (DHAs) are shown in the table, which covers the years 1982 (when DHAs were established) to 1985 (the latest year available):

Newly diagnosed cases of (a) malignant neoplasms1 and (b) leukaemias2 in Pontefract and Wakefield DHAs 1982–85

Wakefield DHA

Pontefract DHA

Year

Malignant neoplasms

Leukaemias

Malignant neoplasms

Leukaemias

1982571466012
1983535762116
198450996958
19853503116936

1 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th revision codes 140–208.

2 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th revision codes 204–208.

3 Provisional data.