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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women (i) died of and (ii) were diagnosed with breast cancer in (1) the UK, (2) the North, (3) South Tyneside and (4) Jarrow constituency in each year since 1996. [97857]
The latest available figures for deaths from breast cancer are for the year 2005. Numbers of deaths from breast cancer by sex for the years 1996 to 2005 for the UK, North East Government Office Region (GOR), South Tyneside County District (CD) and Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency (PC) are given in Table 1 below.
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2004 (England and Wales) and 2003 (Scotland and Northern Ireland). Numbers of cases of breast cancer by sex for the years 1996 to 2003 for the UK and 1996 to 2004 for North East Government Office Region (GOR), South Tyneside County District (CD) and Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency (PC) are given in Table 2 below.
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Males UK3, 4 77 77 82 71 77 89 88 82 70 92 North East GOR 5 3 4 3 2 2 7 6 2 3 South Tyneside CD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. 0 0 Jarrow PC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Females UK3, 4 13,708 13,387 13,202 12,946 12,767 13,015 12,846 12,623 12,338 12,417 North East GOR 575 607 567 542 516 555 508 471 522 550 South Tyneside CD 30 42 39 32 31 34 33 28 26 25 Jarrow PC 15 15 17 20 19 16 21 14 13 13 1 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 174-175 for the years 1996 to 2000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 1996 to 1999 in Scotland, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C50 for subsequent years. The introduction of ICD-10 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2000 for the UK and 2001 for sub-national areas are not completely comparable with later years. 2 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 3 UK figures include deaths of non-residents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. 4 UK figures for 2005 include figures for Northern Ireland which are provisional.
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Males UK 240 263 304 311 239 294 292 341 __ North East GOR 6 11 10 13 10 16 17 15 14 South Tyneside CD 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 Jarrow PC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Females UK 36,574 37,751 39,338 41,056 40,618 40,982 41,258 43,711 __ North East GOR 1,536 1,539 1,681 1,666 1,663 1,715 1,696 1,892 1,960 South Tyneside CD 103 102 95 106 118 101 101 129 116 Jarrow PC 54 59 43 68 60 53 61 71 57 1 Breast cancer is defined as code C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10). Note: Figures for North East GOR for the years 2000-2003 are available in Table 4 of the Annual Reference Volume, Cancer statistics: Registrations, Series MB1. Source: Office for National Statistics, Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit, Scottish Cancer Registry ISD and Northern Ireland Cancer Registry.