The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people have (a) been diagnosed with and (b) died from throat cancer in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997. (165401)
‘Throat cancer’ is not a precise medical term. A number of different types of cancer can develop in the throat. Many patients and relatives use the term ‘throat cancer’ to mean cancer of the larynx (the voice box); or cancer of the thyroid gland (which is at the front of the base of the neck(; or cancer of the oesophagus (the food pipe). We assume that you sought information for one of these cancers.
The latest available figures for (a) newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) for the United Kingdom are for the year 2004. Numbers of cases of laryngeal, thyroid and oesophageal cancer for the years 1997 to 2004 for (i) Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, (ii) South Tyneside County District, (iii) North East Government Office Region and (iv) United Kingdom are given in Tables 1-3 below.
The latest available figures for (b) deaths are for the year 2006. Numbers of deaths from laryngeal, thyroid and oesophageal cancer for the years 1997 to 2006 for (i) Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, (ii) South Tyneside County District, (iii) North East Government Office Region and (iv) United Kingdom are given in Tables 4-6 below.
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 7 13 143 2,315 1998 11 19 167 2,299 1999 9 13 140 2,358 2000 5 10 138 2,440 2001 8 10 145 2,335 2002 6 10 138 2,173 2003 3 7 139 2,195 2004 6 10 143 2,168 1 Cancer of the larynx is defined as code C32 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). 2 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit. Scottish Cancer Registry, National Health Service in Scotland Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 0 2 46 1,235 1998 1 3 58 1,309 1999 1 3 54 1,348 2000 3 4 57 1,405 2001 2 3 60 1,488 2002 0 2 69 1,522 2003 0 1 53 1,584 2004 4 6 75 1,638 1 Cancer of the thyroid is defined as code C73 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). 2 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit Scottish Cancer Registry, National Health Service in Scotland Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 7 10 311 7,101 1998 10 16 287 7,049 1999 8 19 296 7,294 2000 11 20 317 7,391 2001 5 15 290 7,580 2002 14 23 323 7,570 2003 11 15 343 7,674 2004 5 25 300 7,653 1 Cancer of the oesophagus is defined as code C15 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). 2 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit Scottish Cancer Registry, National Health Service in Scotland Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 2 7 51 905 1998 2 7 75 897 1999 5 8 52 873 2000 2 3 39 839 2001 1 2 64 895 2002 1 4 51 890 2003 2 5 39 837 2004 3 4 46 793 2005 2 3 45 789 2006 1 2 37 804 1 Cause of death for cancer of the larynx was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 161 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C32. 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 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 3 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. 4 UK figures include deaths of non-residents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. 5 UK figures for 2006 include figures for Northern Ireland which are provisional until the publication of the Registrar General Annual Report in December 2007.
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 0 1 10 297 1998 0 0 14 329 1999 0 0 12 342 2000 0 0 6 297 2001 0 0 10 304 2002 2 1 11 309 2003 0 0 14 354 2004 2 3 19 330 2005 0 1 17 341 2006 1 1 11 335 1 Cause of death for cancer of the thyroid was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 193 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C73. 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 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 3 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. 4 UK figures include deaths of non-residents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. 5 UK figures for 2006 include figures for Northern Ireland which are provisional until the publication of the Registrar General Annual Report in December 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics.
Jarrow South Tyneside North East United Kingdom 1997 10 20 299 6,740 1998 15 19 327 6,815 1999 9 17 280 6,969 2000 15 28 310 6,911 2001 8 25 297 7,044 2002 11 17 322 7,260 2003 10 18 318 7,351 2004 7 22 319 7,231 2005 11 20 331 7,422 2006 8 21 324 7,418 1 Cause of death for cancer of the oesophagus was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 150 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C15. 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 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 3 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. 4 UK figures include deaths of non-residents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. 5 UK figures for 2006 include figures for Northern Ireland which are provisional until the publication of the Registrar General Annual Report in December 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics.