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Lymphoma

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people were diagnosed with lymphoma in each of the last 21 years; (142935)

(2) how many people died from lymphoma in each of the last 21 years.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated 19 June 2007:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent questions asking how many people were diagnosed with, and how many people died from, lymphoma in each of the last 21 years. I am replying in her absence. (142935, 142936)

The most recent year for which figures are available is 2004 for incidence and 2005 for mortality. The table below shows the number of newly diagnosed cases and deaths from Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in England from 1984 to the most recent year. These cancers have been presented separately as they have very different epidemiological characteristics and treatments.

Number of newly diagnosed cases and deaths from Hodgkin’s disease1 and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma2 England, 1984 to 20053

Hodgkin’s disease

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Newly diagnosed cases

Deaths

Newly diagnosed cases

Deaths

1984

1,148

448

4,225

2,584

1985

1,250

433

4,671

2,680

1986

1,185

426

4,757

2,818

1987

1,137

433

5,114

3,023

1988

1,114

401

5,570

3,243

1989

1,100

362

5,601

3,278

1990

1,130

348

5,733

3,355

1991

1,019

341

6,080

3,470

1992

1,154

364

6,253

3,583

1993

1,108

326

6,303

3,544

1994

1,104

252

6,669

3,591

1995

1,063

281

6,559

3,727

1996

1,054

275

6,607

3,690

1997

1,068

245

6,821

3,677

1998

1,187

246

7,187

3,720

1999

1,150

226

7,646

3,762

2000

1,254

223

7,811

3,785

2001

1,176

211

7,963

3,834

2002

1,228

238

7,916

3,984

2003

1,124

270

8,256

3,886

2004

1,257

265

8,433

3,720

2005

Not available

232

Not available

3,756

1 Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 201 for the years 1984 to 1994 for newly diagnosed cases, and from 1984 to 2000 for deaths, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C81 from 1995 onwards for newly diagnosed cases and from 2001 onwards for deaths.

2 Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 200, 202 for the years 1984 to 1994 for newly diagnosed cases, and from 1984 to 2000 for deaths, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C82-C85, C91.4 and C96 from 1995 onwards for newly diagnosed cases and ICD-10 codes C82-C85 from 2001 onwards for deaths. The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in 2001 means that figures are not completely comparable with data for years prior to this date. Comparisons between the data before and after 2001 should therefore be interpreted with caution. An article specifically examining the effect of the change in classification for cancer trends in England and Wales was published in Health Statistics Quarterly 23. * More information about these changes for England and Wales can be found on the National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk/icd10mortality.

3 Figures are for registrations of newly diagnosed cases in each calendar year between 1984 and 2004, and for registrations of death in each calendar year between 1984 and 1992 and for occurrences of death in each calendar year from 1993 onwards.

* 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.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rates were for lymphoma in each of the last 21 years. (142937)

The information requested fails within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 June 2007:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the five year survival rates were for lymphoma in each of the last 21 years. (142937)

The latest available five-year survival rates for selected major cancers in England are for adult patients (aged 15-99 years) diagnosed during 1998-2001 and followed up to the end of 2003. Survival was calculated for Hodgkin's disease and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma separately. Survival rates for patients diagnosed between 1986 and 2001 are given in the table below.

Five-year age-standardised1 relative survival (percentage) for adult patients2 diagnosed during 1986-2001 by selected cancers3, by sex

Diagnosis years

1986-1990 (England and Wales)

1991-1995 (England and Wales)

1996-1999 (England and Wales)

1998-2001 (England)

Hodgkin's disease

Men

75

75

80

80

Women

75

76

80

82

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Men

45

43

47

51

Women

45

49

52

55

1 As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15-99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures. 2 Aged 15-99 years. 3 Cancers registered in from 1995 are defined by codes in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD10). Therefore, Hodgkin's disease is defined by code C81 and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by codes C82-C85. Cancers registered before 1995 are defined by codes in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD9). Therefore, Hodgkin's disease is defined by code 201 and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by codes 200 and 202.