The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in (a) Torbay constituency, (b) Torbay local authority area, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year since 1997. [313884]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer (incidence) are for the year 2007. Please note that these numbers may not be the same as the number of people diagnosed with cancer, because one person may be diagnosed with more than one cancer.
Table 1 provides the numbers of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer for (a) Torbay parliamentary constituency, (b) Torbay unitary authority, (c) South West government office region and (d) England, for each year from 1997 to 2007.
Persons Torbay constituency Torbay local authority South West England 1997 87 122 3,875 33,659 1998 92 122 4,059 34,117 1999 127 173 4,751 35,778 2000 86 128 4,192 35,050 2001 93 119 4,439 35,787 2002 84 113 4,251 35,631 2003 84 103 4,655 37,874 2004 102 140 4,646 38,120 2005 106 142 4,728 38,970 2006 89 117 4,769 38,816 2007 100 137 4,789 38,291 1 Breast cancer is coded as C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). 2 Around 99 per cent. of breast cancers cases are in women. 3 Based on boundaries as of 2009. 4 Newly diagnosed cases registered in each calendar year.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people resident in (a) Chorley constituency and (b) Lancashire county authority area have been diagnosed with breast cancer in each year since 1997. [314226]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer (incidence) are for the year 2007. Please note that these numbers may not be the same as the number of people diagnosed with cancer, because one person may be diagnosed with more than one cancer.
The table attached provides the numbers of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer for (a) Chorley parliamentary constituency and (b) Lancashire county, for each year from 1997 to 2007.
Number of persons Chorley Lancashire 1997 60 726 1998 62 769 1999 75 811 2000 81 822 2001 62 846 2002 78 820 2003 77 837 2004 86 898 2005 86 896 2006 78 931 2007 87 960 1 Breast cancer is coded as C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) 2 Around 99 per cent of breast cancers cases are in women 3 Based on boundaries as of 2009 4 Newly diagnosed cases registered in each calendar year