asked the Minister for Health the number of (a) females and (b) males registered as having died of (1) myelogenous and (2) lymphatic leukaemia in 1950, 1960, 1965, 1970 and from 1975 to the most recent year for which figures are available.
Written Answers. - Leukaemia Deaths.
148.
As the answer is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report. Following is the statement:
|
Year |
Number of deaths from myelogenous leukaemia |
Number of deaths from lymphatic leukaemia |
Total |
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|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
1950 |
45 |
32 |
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|
1960 |
96 |
59 |
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|
1965 |
100 |
61 |
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|
1970 |
39 |
16 |
49 |
31 |
88 |
47 |
|
1975 |
44 |
22 |
41 |
22 |
85 |
44 |
|
1976 |
41 |
24 |
39 |
18 |
80 |
42 |
|
1977 |
31 |
33 |
46 |
24 |
77 |
57 |
|
1978 |
47 |
42 |
39 |
21 |
86 |
63 |
|
1979 |
51 |
25 |
42 |
31 |
93 |
56 |
Note 1: Deaths are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, which is compiled by the World Health Organisation. The ICD is revised periodically. Three revisions cover the period 1950 to 1979. The following are the codes which have been used in the table and the ICD Hevision from which they were derived: 1950: code 204 of the 6th Revision; leukaemia and aleukaemia; 1960 and 1965: code 204 of the 7th revision; leukaemia and aleukaemia; 1970 to 1979: code 204 of the 8th revision; lymphatic leukaemia; code 205 of the 8th revision; myeloid leukaemia
Note 2: The 6th and 7th ICD revisions did not contain separate codes for myelogenous and lymphatic leukaemia and it is not possible to provide separate figures for 1950, 1960 and 1965.
Note 3: Because of the different ICD revisions which were used the figures for 1950 are not directly comparable with those for 1960 and 1965 which, in turn, are not directly comparable with the figures for 1970 to 1979.