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Table 2: Cancer deaths in Northern Ireland 1994-2004
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Prostate (C61)

Male

211

219

206

208

222

205

214

214

192

219

234

Breast (C50)

Male

0

2

0

2

2

0

0

2

1

4

0

Female

338

327

305

259

299

298

286

315

278

282

317

Total

338

329

305

261

301

298

286

317

279

286

317

Bowel

Male

216

236

214

191

245

201

205

220

202

253

227

Female

225

219

202

221

205

208

221

180

179

214

192

Total

441

455

416

412

450

409

426

400

381

467

419

Trachea, Bronchus and Lung (C33,C34)

Male

536

507

523

525

514

526

494

508

491

476

485

Female

271

272

278

281

310

315

346

270

319

327

320

Total

807

779

801

806

824

841

840

778

810

803

805

Ovary (C56)

Female

90

99

89

96

89

116

101

117

109

130

120

All other cancers

Male

895

881

907

924

947

935

927

979

1,018

949

932

Female

833

731

812

889

835

834

878

867

873

886

829

Total

1,728

1,612

1,719

1,813

1,782

1,769

1,805

1,846

1,891

1,835

1,761

All other cancers( 1)

Male

886

878

898

915

940

926

920

974

1,011

941

923

Female

831

727

809

885

830

831

875

852

868

876

822

Total

1,717

1,605

1,707

1,800

1,770

1,757

1,795

1,826

1,879

1,817

1,745

(1 )Excluding non-melanoma skin cancer

This information has been provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and is the most up to date currently available.

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the mortality rate was for cancer in people under 75 years in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [78777]

Mr. Hanson: The following table gives the malignant neoplasms(1) mortality rate per 1,000 population of persons aged under 75 years in each of the last ten years.

Malignant neoplasms mortality rates per 1,000 population of persons aged under 75, 1995-2004( 1)
Registration year Mortality rate per 1,000 population

1995

1.34

1996

1.36

1997

1.30

1998

1.31

1999

1.28

2000

1.28

2001

1.30

2002

1.27

2003

1.26

2004

1.27

(1) Rate per 1,000 people aged under 75.

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