Treasury written question – answered at on 13 March 2006.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five-year survival rate is for bowel cancer in (a) England and (b) Wales.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the five year survival rate is for bowel cancer in (a) England and (b) Wales. I am replying in her absence. (57220)
For England, the latest available survival rates for colon and rectal cancer are for adult patients diagnosed during 1998–2001 and followed up to the end of 2003. The figures were published on the National Statistics website on
For Wales, the latest available survival rates for colon and rectal cancer are for adult patients diagnosed during 1995–1999 and followed up to the end of 2002. The figures were published in Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Survival in Wales on
Figures for the two countries are not directly comparable for a number of reasons, including differences in coverage and follow-up period.
The latest available five-year survival rates for colon and rectal cancer are summarised in the table below.
Five-year relative survival(32) | ||
---|---|---|
Cancer(31) | England 1998–2001 | Wales 1995–99 |
Colon | ||
Men | 49.4 | 49.1 |
Women | 50.2 | 45.2 |
Rectum | ||
Men | 50.0 | 46.6 |
Women | 53.6 | 50.5 |
(29) As cancer survival varies with age at diagnosis, the relative rates for all ages (15–99) have been age-standardised to control for changes in the age profile of cancer patients over time, thus making them comparable with previously published figures.
(30) Aged 15 to 99 years.
(31) Defined by codes in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD10). In this table colon cancer is taken to be code C18 and rectal cancer C19-C21.
(32) Figures for the two countries are not directly comparable for a number of reasons, including difference in coverage and follow-up period.
Source:
Office for National Statistics, Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit.
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