Written Question · S1W-25977 · Session 1
What the (a) incidence and (b) mortality rate was for male breast cancer both (i) nationally and (ii) in each NHS trust in each of the last…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) incidence and (b) mortality rate was for male breast cancer both (i) nationally and (ii) in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
The answer
The undernoted table sets out (a) the incidence of male breast cancer for the years 1994-98, which is the most recent year for which completed cancer registry data are available, and (b) deaths from male breast cancer in the years 1994-2000, the most recent year for which completed mortality data are available.Incidence of and Mortality from Breast Cancer in Scotland in Males, 1994-2000 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000
Cases | 15 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 15 | n/a | n/a
Deaths | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6
Sources: incidence data provided by ISD Scotland; mortality data provided by General Register Office Scotland (GROS).Notes:1. Breast cancer in males is rare in Scotland with an average of around 15 cases diagnosed per year. Incidence has remained fairly constant over the last 20 years. 2. The estimates are not broken down to NHS health board level because of the very small numbers. To minimise the risk of any inadvertent breach of confidentiality, it is the policy of ISD to avoid publishing tables with small numbers of cases in any cell which might conceivably be used, along with other information, to identify an individual.3. Rates are not presented, again because small numbers of cases are subject to random fluctuation from year to year giving rise to very unstable estimates of risk.
Cases | 15 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 15 | n/a | n/a
Deaths | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6
Sources: incidence data provided by ISD Scotland; mortality data provided by General Register Office Scotland (GROS).Notes:1. Breast cancer in males is rare in Scotland with an average of around 15 cases diagnosed per year. Incidence has remained fairly constant over the last 20 years. 2. The estimates are not broken down to NHS health board level because of the very small numbers. To minimise the risk of any inadvertent breach of confidentiality, it is the policy of ISD to avoid publishing tables with small numbers of cases in any cell which might conceivably be used, along with other information, to identify an individual.3. Rates are not presented, again because small numbers of cases are subject to random fluctuation from year to year giving rise to very unstable estimates of risk.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-25977 by reference.