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Table 1: Incidence rates( 1) per million population for all malignant cancers( 2) , by sex, registered in the local authorities of Forest Heath and St. Edmundsbury, 1999-2003
All cancers excluding nmsc
Male Female

1999

3,849

3,671

2000

3,611

3,432

2001

3,706

3,295

2002

4,040

3,500

2003

4,430

3,495

(1) Rates per million population standardised to the European Standard Population.
(2) “All malignant cancers” are defined by codes C00-C97 excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (nmsc) code C44 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics.

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Table 2: Death rates( 1) for cancer and stroke( 2) for the local authorities of Forest Heath and St. Edmundsbury( 3) , 2001-04
Death rates cancer Death rates stroke
Forest Heath St. Edmundsbury Forest Heath St. Edmundsbury

2000

1,961

1,590

510

601

2001

1,447

1,723

767

679

2002

2,145

1,676

610

664

2003

2,095

1,845

560

553

2004

1,609

1,815

541

464

(1) Rates per 1,000,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.
(2) The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10), 2001-2004. The codes used are: Cancer ICD9 140-208, ICD10 C00-C97 and Stroke ICD9 430-438, ICD10 160-169. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
(3) Usual residents of this area.
(4) Deaths registered in each calendar year..

Mr. Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of infant mortality was in West Suffolk in each of the past five years. [82730]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 July 2006:


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Infant mortality rate( 1) for West Suffolk parliamentary constituency( 2) , 2000-04
Number

2000

4.5

2001

5.9

2002

2.3

2003

5.2

2004

7.0

(1 )Deaths aged under one year per 1,000 live births.
(2) West Suffolk parliamentary constituency boundary based on May 2006 All Fields Postcode File.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) perinatal and (b) infant mortality rates were in each health authority in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [83198]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 July 2006:

Perinatal mortality rate( l) , England health authorities( 2) , 2000-04
Strategic health authority 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

England

8.2

8.0

8.4

8.5

8.1

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

6.9

6.6

6.6

7.3

6.4

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

7.0

8.3

7.8

7.5

8.4

Essex

7.2

6.0

8.5

7.1

8.1

North West London

8.6

8.8

9.4

8.3

8.6

North Central London

8.4

9.9

9.0

8.5

9.3

North East London

10.1

9.3

9.4

10.9

9.5

South East London

9.6

9.5

10.2

11.6

9.7

South West London

8.3

6.9

8.0

7.6

7.0

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

7.8

7.8

8.5

7.6

7.3

County Durham and Tees Valley

9.2

8.0

7.8

7.9

8.0

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

8.2

6.0

7.7

7.0

7.6

West Yorkshire

10.6

8.4

10.3

10.1

9.4

Cumbria and Lancashire

8.6

8.4

7.8

9.4

7.2

Greater Manchester

9.1

9.4

8.8

9.7

8.9

Cheshire and Merseyside

7.9

8.2

8.5

8.1

8.2

Thames Valley

6.9

8.3

7.4

7.3

7.3

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

6.7

7.0

6.3

6.5

6.7

Kent and Medway

6.2

6.8

6.8

7.9

7.0

Surrey and Sussex

6.5

5.1

6.9

6.3

6.8

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

6.9

7.8

6.9

6.2

7.1

South West Peninsula

6.1

6.5

7.1

8.3

8.5

Dorset and Somerset

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.9

5.7

South Yorkshire

9.4

8.0

8.5

9.1

8.7

Trent

7.3

7.8

7.9

9.7

7.9

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland

8.4

8.1

9.3

9.0

8.7

Shropshire and Staffordshire

9.2

9.2

8.3

9.3

7.6

Birmingham and the Black Country

10.8

10.0

11.8

12.1

11.3

Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

8.1

7.1

8.6

7.2

7.9

(1) Stillbirths and deaths aged under one week per 1,000 live and stillbirths.
(2) Health authority boundaries based on May 2006 All Fields Postcode File.

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