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Mark Hoban, MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA

October 2014

Dear Mr Hoban,

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Health what the mortality rate from cancer has been in (a) constituency and (b) in the last 10 years. [212135].

Table 1 below shows the age-standardised mortality rate where cancer was the underlying cause of death for (a) Fareham parliamentary constituency and (b) Hampshire County from 2004 to 2013 (the latest year available).

Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rates where cancer was the underlying cause of death, Fareham parliamentary constituency and Hampshire county, deaths registered each year from 2004 to 20131,2,3,4,5

Rate per 100,000 population

Registration year Fareham Hampshire 2004 258.4 282.2

2005 244.9 275.5

2006 258.6 266.6 2007 219.2 271.0 2008 236.3 256.8 2009 258.0 258.7

2010 243.0 256.9

2011 277.7 256.6 2012 274.8 254.2 2013 279.7 253.0

1. Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population (ESP). Age- standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. For more information on ESP, see the ONS website: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user-guidance/health- and-life-events/revised-european-standard-population-2013--2013-esp-/index.html 2. Underlying cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00 to C97 for the period 2001 to 2013 3. Figures are based on deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in the years 2004 to 2013. Further information on registration delays for a range of causes can be found on the ONS website: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user- guidance/health-and-life-events/impact-of-registration-delays-on-mortality-statistics/index.html. 4. Figures exclude deaths of non-residents 5. Figures are based on boundaries as of August 2014

The number of deaths registered in and Wales each year by sex, age, cause, marital status, and place of death are published annually on the National Statistics website at: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/mortality-statistics--deaths-registered-in-england-and-wales--series-dr- /index.html

Yours sincerely,

Glen Watson Director General for ONS