Bernard Allen
Question:240 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who died from prostate cancer in each of the years from 1995 to date. [24574/98]
Written Answers - Cancer Incidence.
Data on mortality are routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent figures available refer to the second quarter of 1998 and are set out in the following table addition to data relating to 1995, 1996 and 1997.
Deaths from cancer of the prostate 1995 to 1998
|
Year |
Number |
|
1995 |
521 |
|
1996* |
524 |
|
1997* |
540 |
|
January to June 1998* |
258 |
*Provisional figures based on period of registration.
Source: Central Statistics Office.