To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his statement of 30 November 2004, Official Report, column 528, on the fall in the premature death rate from cancer since 1997, if he will list the figures from which this statement was derived for each year since 1985.
holding answer
Cancer mortality rates in England for people aged under 75 are shown in the table. The figures are averaged over three-year periods and indicate the number of deaths from cancer each year for every 100,000 of the population aged under 75.
The 12.2 per cent. reduction in cancer mortality rates was arrived at by calculating the difference between the 1995–97 baseline figure and the latest available figures (2001–03). This figure is then divided into the baseline figure, thus showing the percentage reduction.
Data period | Three-year average data |
---|---|
1984–86 | 160.95 |
1985–87 | 159.42 |
1986–88 | 158.85 |
1987–89 | 158.37 |
1988–90 | 157.29 |
1989–91 | 155.53 |
1990–92 | 153.78 |
1991–93 | 151.32 |
1992–94 | 148.35 |
1993–95 | 146.80 |
1994–96 | 144.36 |
1995–97 | 141.24 |
1996–98 | 138.51 |
1997–99 | 134.97 |
1998–2000 | 132.12 |
1999–2001 | 128.83 |
2000–02 | 126.55 |
2001–03 | 124.06 |
Note:
Data from 1993 onwards are not directly comparable with data from 1992 and earlier years due to changes in coding.
Source:
Office for National Statistics mortality data.
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