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Mr. Kemp: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many women under the age of 25 years were diagnosed with cervical cancer in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [227232]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many women under the age of 25 years were diagnosed with cervical cancer in each of the last five years for which figures are available [227232].
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of cancer are for the year 2005. Numbers of cases of cervical cancer for the years 2001 to 2005 for England are given in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cervical cancer( 1) under the age of 25 years, England, 2001-05 | |
Number | |
(1)Cervical cancer is defined as code C53 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Source: Office for National Statistics. |
Mrs. Hodgson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each calendar year since 1997, broken down (i) by Government region and (ii) by those aged (A) under 30, (B) 30 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) 51 to 60 years. [225704]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each calendar year since 1997, broken down (i) by Government region and (ii) by those aged (A) under 30, (B) 30 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) 51 to 60 years. [225704]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2005. Numbers of cases of bowel cancer for men and women in each calendar year since 1997, broken down (i) by Government office region and (ii) by age are given in Table 1 and Table 2 below. Ages are presented to be consistent with the standard age groups published by the Office for National Statistics (0-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59).
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