To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cancer cases were confirmed per 1,000 population in each county in Wales in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1992.
Data on cancer registrations in Wales for the current district health authorities are only available from 1974. Prior to this date, the Welsh Cancer Registry only collated data for the previous districts of south and mid Wales. Data for 1992 have not yet been processed. The latest available recorded number of cases of malignant cancers per 1,000 population for each health authority in Wales for 1977, 1982 and 1987 are given in the following table:
| 19971 | 19821 2 | 1987 | |
| Clwyd | 4·65 | 5·10 | 5·07 |
| East Dyfed | 4·85 | 4·67 | 6·23 |
| Pembrokeshire | 4·35 | 3·86 | 5·20 |
| Gwent | 3·73 | 4·19 | 5·58 |
| Gwynedd | 4·73 | 5·10 | 6·24 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 3·52 | 4·06 | 5·01 |
| Powys | 4·29 | 4·48 | 5·35 |
| South Glamorgan | 3·98 | 4·35 | 4·35 |
| West Glamorgan | 4·65 | 4·98 | 6·36 |
| Wales | 4·19 | 4·53 | 5·41 |
Source: Welsh Cancer Registry
1 Data for these years have been revised since previous publication.
2 1982 data may be under-recorded due to industrial action in medical records departments at that time.