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Mr. Nigel Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died from skin cancer in each year since 1979.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Number of people who have died from skin cancer in England and Wales 1979–92 | ||
| ICD | 172 (Malignant melanoma of skin) | 173 (Other malignant neoplasm of skin) |
| 1979 | 801 | 383 |
| 1980 | 813 | 366 |
| 1981 | 864 | 381 |
| 1982 | 944 | 378 |
| 1983 | 853 | 408 |
| 1984 | 993 | 439 |
ICD
| 172 (Malignant melanoma of skin)
| 173 (Other malignant neoplasm of skin)
|
| 1985 | 987 | 462 |
| 1986 | 1,040 | 412 |
| 1987 | 1,030 | 441 |
| 1988 | 1,078 | 430 |
| 1989 | 1,099 | 447 |
| 1990 | 1,170 | 436 |
| 1991 | 1,169 | 465 |
| 1992 | 1,142 | 486 |