Skin Cancer

Health written question – answered at on 11 July 2005.

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Photo of Mark Tami Mark Tami Labour, Alyn and Deeside

To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow many cases of skin cancer linked to exposure to the sun have been reported in each of the last five years.

Photo of Dawn Primarolo Dawn Primarolo Paymaster General (HM Treasury)

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

Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Mark Tami, dated 11 July 2005

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many cases of skin cancer linked to exposure to the sun have been reported in each of the last five years. I am replying in his absence. (9213)

The most recent available figures for the incidence of melanoma skin cancer are for the year 2002. Numbers of cases by sex for the years 1998 to 2002 are given in the table below.

Number of newly diagnosed cases of melanoma skin cancer(47) in England, by sex, 1998–2002 -- Number of cases
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Males 2,149 2,161 2,541 2,638 2,832
Females 2,851 2,880 3,280 3,424 3,584
Total 5,000 5,041 5,821 6,062 6,416

(47)Melanoma skin cancer is coded to C43 in the 10th edition of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10).

Source:

Office for National Statistics

Information on whether or not cases of skin cancer are linked to sun exposure is not available centrally.

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