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Cervical Cancer: Death

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 35 to 50, (d) 50 to 60 and (e) over 60 years of age died from cervical cancer in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (183762)

I have been asked to reply.

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 4 February 2008:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many women (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 35 to 50, (d) 50 to 60 and (e) over 60 years of age died from cervical cancer in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (183762)

The table below contains the number of deaths where the underlying cause was cervical cancer, by age, in England and Wales from 2002 to 2006, the latest year for which data are available.

Number of deaths from cervical cancer1 by age group, England and Wales, 2002-20062

Under 25

25-34

35-49

50-59

60+

All ages

2002

5

37

188

173

600

1,003

2003

7

49

170

150

577

953

2004

9

44

167

168

563

951

2005

2

51

170

153

541

917

2006

4

52

168

132

475

831

1 Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C53.

2 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.