(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.
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.
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.
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.