Michael Noonan
Question:17 Mr. Noonan (Limerick East) asked the Minister for Health the number of persons certified as having died from cancer in each of the past five years; the nature of the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Cancer Deaths.
The numbers of deaths from principal types of cancer for the yeas 1988 to 1992 inclusive is set out in a table which I will have circulated in the Official Report. Figures for 1993 are not yet available.
Numbers of Cancer Deaths, 1988 to 1992
|
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991* |
1992* |
|
|
Cancer |
7,154 |
7,339 |
7,115 |
7,312 |
7,452 |
|
—of stomach |
478 |
436 |
446 |
467 |
441 |
|
—of colon |
749 |
767 |
674 |
659 |
694 |
|
—of rectum, rectosigmoid junction & anus |
246 |
209 |
195 |
219 |
240 |
|
—of trachea, bronchus & lung |
1,546 |
1,594 |
1,529 |
1,501 |
1,533 |
|
—of female breast |
614 |
688 |
603 |
662 |
650 |
|
—of cervix uteri |
72 |
68 |
65 |
55 |
72 |
|
—Leukaemia |
213 |
246 |
240 |
218 |
225 |
|
—Other |
3,236 |
3,331 |
3,363 |
3,531 |
3,597 |
*Provisional figures.