Death: Prostate Cancer
Cabinet Office
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Damian Green (- Shadow Minister (Immigration), Home Affairs; Ashford, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of mortality from prostate cancer was in Ashford constituency in each of the last five years.
Angela Smith (Minister of State (Third Sector), Cabinet Office; Basildon, Labour)
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated November 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the level of mortality from prostate cancer was in Ashford constituency in each of the last five years. (297609)
The attached table provides the number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, in Ashford parliamentary constituency, for the years 2004 to 2008 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death, Ashford parliamentary constituency, 2004-2008( 1, 2, 3) | |
| Male s | |
| 2004 | 19 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2007 | 27 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| (1) Cause of death for prostate cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C61. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |