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Mr. Steen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out the number of deaths per 1,000 in Devon and Cornwall caused by lung cancer; and what is the national average.
Mr. Dorrell
The information is set out in the table.
Mortality rates per 1,000 population from malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchus and lung (ICD 162), for:
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(1) England, Wales and Elsewhere; (2) Cornwall; and (3) Devon, 1990
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| Area | Rate per 1,000 population
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| England, Wales and Elsewhere1 | 0·68 |
| Cornwall | 0·62 |
| Devon | 0·63 |
1Elsewhere refers to people who are not normally resident in England and Wales, but who die there. | |