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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each calendar year since 1997, broken down (i) by Government region and (ii) by those aged (A) under 30, (B) 30 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) 51 to 60 years. [225704]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2005. Numbers of cases of bowel cancer for men and women in each calendar year since 1997, broken down (i) by Government office region and (ii) by age are given in Table 1 and Table 2 below. Ages are presented to be consistent with the standard age groups published by the Office for National Statistics (0-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59).
Government office region Age 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 North East Under 30 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 30-39 8 10 10 6 8 8 7 5 9 40-49 38 37 47 29 35 36 24 38 35 50-59 127 139 127 123 135 127 140 112 136 North West Under 30 5 6 7 3 4 5 9 8 5 30-39 21 16 22 9 24 11 25 24 26 40-49 81 73 87 77 73 77 83 91 97 50-59 276 296 301 318 309 288 305 322 304 Yorkshire and the Humber Under 30 3 8 2 3 I 0 5 5 4 30-39 11 10 18 16 10 11 12 10 17 40-49 64 62 68 59 47 62 61 61 67 50-59 198 187 225 195 214 223 222 236 236 East Midlands Under 30 2 1 2 1 3 0 4 1 7 30-39 18 10 16 13 9 12 13 10 16 40-49 35 47 48 46 57 39 35 61 57 50-59 151 171 184 183 180 171 149 162 194 West Midlands Under 30 4 8 3 2 3 4 7 4 5 30-39 15 10 19 19 20 17 16 33 15 40-49 75 52 53 54 52 77 66 60 51 50-59 213 210 218 222 224 247 249 229 249 East of England Under 30 3 4 2 3 0 0 3 6 6 30-39 10 6 14 19 12 11 13 11 25 40-49 57 55 50 44 37 45 63 54 73 50-59 192 192 201 201 189 195 177 205 212 London Under 30 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 9 30-39 31 20 20 37 25 21 24 31 20 40-49 75 76 66 52 60 64 73 60 79 50-59 182 200 191 202 216 193 201 190 206 South East Under 30 4 4 7 3 9 5 9 8 15 30-39 21 18 21 23 18 18 22 22 17 40-49 100 93 82 83 86 73 71 74 96 50-59 275 305 273 312 291 308 282 280 318 South West Under 30 3 2 3 3 3 11 5 6 6 30-39 13 14 21 9 12 14 9 16 7 40-49 61 48 48 48 50 66 57 61 45 50-59 183 170 217 198 188 204 204 235 213 1 Bowel cancer is defined as codes C18-C20 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Source: Office for National Statistics.
Government office region Age 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 North East Under 30 1 4 3 1 I 1 2 1 4 30-39 4 4 2 10 9 3 7 6 8 40-49 30 24 32 30 28 21 23 16 26 50-59 57 72 63 81 74 78 72 74 83 North West Under 30 9 10 2 8 5 5 8 3 8 30-39 18 25 30 20 25 21 16 16 17 40-49 67 63 77 65 61 49 60 69 72 50-59 186 202 202 177 207 164 194 219 199 Yorkshire and the Humber Under 30 0 3 5 5 0 3 2 1 2 30-39 15 6 12 14 17 12 14 16 15 40-49 49 37 54 49 55 41 45 47 47 50-59 131 128 128 127 138 136 158 146 143 East Midlands Under 30 2 1 3 4 1 4 7 2 2 30-39 5 13 16 5 13 10 11 5 9 40-49 49 40 24 47 34 39 47 51 38 50-59 121 106 119 108 124 118 101 131 133 West Midlands Under 30 1 2 1 2 5 5 3 5 3 30-39 12 10 15 9 8 15 15 13 17 40-49 53 62 54 53 47 57 50 47 55 50-59 147 192 144 167 160 182 147 147 155 East of England Under 30 8 2 2 2 3 3 2 6 1 30-39 12 15 17 18 7 16 9 11 19 40-49 44 41 53 43 51 41 42 34 62 50-59 152 166 158 152 165 153 138 161 169 London Under 30 2 5 5 8 6 11 8 11 11 30-39 15 30 29 37 18 25 23 18 21 40-49 52 51 50 62 58 72 65 61 65 50-59 125 151 144 159 141 134. 142 150 144 South East Under 30 4 12 6 9 8 4 9 10 9 30-39 26 16 12 15 9 23 21 30 15 40-49 83 48 79 58 84 84 71 76 84 50-59 193 231 211 220 215 211 209 217 244 South West Under 30 2 3 5 3 5 6 7 7 7 . 30-39 8 14 12 15 13 10 10 12 11 40-49 39 36 49 41 50 52 42 58 62 50-59 137 138 172 145 156 158 168 162 141 1 Bowel cancer is defined as codes C18-C20 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (1CD-10). Source: Office for National Statistics.