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Mr. Richards
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in Wales died from cancer of the spine in each year since 1987.
Mr. Gwilym Jones
The number of deaths to residents of Wales where the underlying cause was cancer of the spine is not available separately. However, the number of deaths where the underlying cause was cancer of the vertebral column (main part of the spine), excluding sacrum and coccyx and the number of deaths where the underlying cause was cancer of the pelvis and the lower part of the spine (pelvic bones, sacrum and coccyx) are given in the following table:
| Residents of Wales | ||
| Main part of spine1 | Lower part of spine and pelvis2 | |
| 1987 | 4 | 4 |
| 1988 | 1 | 2 |
| 1989 | 1 | 3 |
| 1990 | 2 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 170.2. | ||
| 2 170. 6 | ||
Source:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
International Classification of Diseases (9th revision).