Skin Cancer

Norman Lamb
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many cases of skin cancers were diagnosed in each of the last five years.

Mr. Watson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 June 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many cases of skin cancers were diagnosed in each of the last five years. [212242]

The most recent available figures for newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma of skin registered in England are for the year 2005. Figures for the years 2001 to 2005 are in the table below.

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|                                                                                                                                                         |Male |Female|
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|2001                                                                                                                                                     |2,785|3,580 |
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|2002                                                                                                                                                     |2,922|3,693 |
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|2003                                                                                                                                                     |3,044|3,830 |
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|2004                                                                                                                                                     |3,307|4,056 |
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|2005                                                                                                                                                     |3,663|4,362 |
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|1 Malignant melanoma of skin is coded to C43 in the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10)Source:Office for National Statistics|     |      |
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