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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) breast cancer in women and (b) lung cancer in men death rates were in each of the last 20 years. (93837)
The most recent year for which figures are available is 2004. The table below shows the age-standardised death rate from breast cancer for females and lung cancer for males in England and Wales for the years 1985 to 2004.
Death rate per 100,000 population Lung cancer in males Breast cancer in females 1985 99 42 1986 95 42 1987 92 42 1988 92 42 1989 88 42 1990 87 41 1991 84 40 1992 81 40 1993 77 38 1994 75 37 1995 71 36 1996 68 34 1997 65 34 1998 64 33 1999 61 32 2000 59 31 2001 57 31 2002 56 30 2003 54 29 2004 52 29 1 Rate per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population. 2 Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 162 for lung cancer and 174 for female breast cancer for the years 1985 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (1CD-10) codes C33-C34 for lung cancer and C50 for breast cancer for 2001 onwards. Between 1984 and 1992 a different interpretation of ICD-9 selection Rule 3 was used to code underlying cause of death in England and Wales to that used internationally. This change means that comparisons between this period and years before and after, should be interpreted with caution. The impact of the change on mortality statistics was analysed and reported in annual mortality publications in 1984 and 1994. *The introduction of ICD-l0 for coding cause of death in 2001 also means that figures are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. Comparisons between the data before and after 2001 should therefore also be interpreted with caution. An article specifically examining the effect of the change in classification for cancer trends was published in Health Statistics Quarterly 23. ** More information about these change can be found on the National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk/icdl0mortality. 3 Figures are for registrations of death in each calendar year from 1985 to 1992 and for occurrences of death in each calendar year from 1993 onwards. * Mortality statistics: Cause 1984. DH2 No.l1, pg viii-ix. Mortality statistics: Cause 1993 (revised) and 1994. DH2 No.21, pg xxv-xxxiii. ** Brock A, Griffiths C, Rooney C (2004) The effect of the introduction of ICD-10 on cancer mortality trends in England and Wales. Health Statistics Quarterly 23, 7-17.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the cancer mortality rates were in each of the last 30 years. (93938)
The most recent year for which figures are available is 2004. The attached table shows the age-standardised death rate from cancer in England and Wales for the years 1975 to 2004.
Death rate per 100,000 population 1975 214 1976 218 1977 215 1978 217 1979 218 1980 217 1981 216 1982 215 1983 218 1984 224 1985 224 1986 221 1987 221 1988 223 1989 222 1990 219 1991 218 1992 217 1993 211 1994 208 1995 205 1996 201 1997 196 1998 196 1999 191 2000 187 2001 188 2002 187 2003 184 2004 180 1 Rate per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population. 2 Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Eighth Revision (ICD-8) codes 140-207 for the years 1975 to 1978, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 140-208 for the years 1979 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 for 2001 onwards. Between 1984 and 1992 a different interpretation of ICD-9 selection Rule 3 was used to code underlying cause of death in England and Wales to that used internationally. This change means that comparisons between this period and years before and after, should be interpreted with caution. The impact of the change on mortality statistics was analysed and reported in annual mortality publications in 1984 and 1994. * The introduction of ICD-l0 for coding cause of death in 2001 also means that figures are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. Comparisons between the data before and after 2001 should therefore also be interpreted with caution. An article specifically examining the effect of the change in classification for cancer trends was published in Health Statistics Quarterly 23. ** More information about these changes can be found on the National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk/icdl0mortality. 3 Figures are for registrations of death in each calendar year from 1975 to 1992 and for occurrences of death in each calendar year from 1993 onwards. * Mortality statistics: Cause 1984. DH2 No.l1, pg viii-ix. Mortality statistics: Cause 1993 (revised) and 1994. DH2 No.21, pg xxv-xxxiii. ** Brock A, Griffiths C, Rooney C (2004) The effect of the introduction of ICD-10 on cancer mortality trends in England and Wales. Health Statistics Quarterly 23, 7-17.