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Breast Cancer

Volume 504: debated on Thursday 28 January 2010

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 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 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.

Table 1. Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer,1 persons,2 (a) Torbay parliamentary constituency, (b) Torbay unitary authority, (c) South West government office region and (d) England,3 1997 to 20074

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.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people resident in (a) Chorley constituency and (b) Lancashire county council area have been diagnosed with breast cancer in each year since 1997. (314226)

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.

Table 1. Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer1, persons2, (a) Chorley parliamentary constituency and (b) Lancashire county3, 1997 to 20074

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