Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health how many people have been diagnosed with cancer in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Minister of Health: The number of cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed in each of the last five years, for each Health & Social Care Trust (HSCT) of residence, is provided in Table 1 overleaf. The latest diagnosis statistics available relate to 2020, release of official figures for cases diagnosed in 2021 will be published in May 2024.
Table 1: Number of cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed in 2016-2020 by Health and Social Care Trust of residence and year of diagnosis
| HSC Trust | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belfast | 1,934 | 1,886 | 1,983 | 2,016 | 1,803 |
| Northern | 2,554 | 2,496 | 2,729 | 2,629 | 2,368 |
| South Eastern | 1,884 | 2,022 | 2,005 | 2,071 | 1,916 |
| Southern | 1,793 | 1,891 | 1,809 | 1,930 | 1,684 |
| Western | 1,551 | 1,566 | 1,540 | 1,648 | 1,497 |
| Total* | 9,716 | 9,861 | 10,066 | 10,298 | 9,273 |
Source: Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR)
*Total includes a small number of cases where the Trust of residence is unknown
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