The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 2 February 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) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area were diagnosed with breast cancer in each year since 1997. [315380]
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) Cleethorpes parliamentary constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire unitary authority and (c) North Lincolnshire unitary authority, for each year from 1997 to 2007.
Persons Cleethorpes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire 1997 57 104 92 1998 65 117 69 1999 54 103 127 2000 104 120 133 2001 63 120 113 2002 75 126 95 2003 73 106 150 2004 63 106 146 2005 75 130 135 2006 70 103 89 2007 68 102 132 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.