Treasury written question – answered at on 16 January 2006.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Doncaster and (b) Barnsley were diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many people in (a) Doncaster and (b) Barnsley were diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years. (42117)
The most recent available information on registration of newly diagnosed cases (incidence) are for the year 2003. Numbers of newly diagnosed cases registered in the county districts of Doncaster and Barnsley, are given in the table below.
Doncaster | Barnsley | |
---|---|---|
1994 | 241 | 198 |
1995 | 268 | 190 |
1996 | 235 | 184 |
1997 | 232 | 196 |
1998 | 242 | 208 |
1999 | 237 | 172 |
2000 | 260 | 204 |
2001 | 237 | 181 |
2002 | 271 | 169 |
2003 | 258 | 182 |
(115) For 1994, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 162; from 1995 to 2003, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C33-C34.
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