The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people died from bowel cancer in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.1 am replying in her absence. (165218)
The table attached provides the numbers of deaths where bowel cancer was the underlying cause of death in (a) Jarrow parliamentary constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority, (c) North East government office region and (d) the UK from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Deaths (persons) Jarrow South Tyneside North East UK 1997 36 61 860 17,308 1998 25 58 819 17,047 1999 26 50 761 16,651 2000 34 62 817 16,238 2001 38 57 818 16,195 2002 25 45 770 16,236 2003 33 47 762 16,159 2004 18 59 745 16,151 2005 21 51 799 16,117 2006 31 47 717 15,994 1 Cause of death for bowel cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 153-154 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C18-C21. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. 2 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. 3 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 4 Figures include data provided by the Registrars General for Scotland and Northern Ireland. The 2006 figures provided by the Registrar General for Northern Ireland are provisional.