Government of Jersey

Oesophageal cancer statistics (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 28 January 2019.
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Request

I would like to generate more public awareness of oesophageal cancer and would like the following details:

any statistics re these patients in Jersey
as above for Guernsey
as above for all the Channel Islands
as above broken down by gender
as above broken down by age
as above broken down by speed of diagnosis (if available)
as above relating to the effect of speed of diagnosis on the recovery of the patient (if available)

I realise some of these might not be available however any information specific to Jersey and the Channel Islands would be greatly appreciated.

Response

Statistics Jersey can provide information on the number of incidences of oesophageal cancers by year (that is the number of new cases of “malignant neoplasm of oesophagus – C15” diagnosed). The numbers have been rounded to the nearest five to prevent disclosure. As the numbers are small, it has only been possible to provide a breakdown by sex.

The most up to date information available is for 2014.

Count of HISTOLOGY CODED DESC – both sexes
Years	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	5	5	10	15	5	15	10	10	10	20	15	10	15	15

Count of HISTOLOGY CODED DESC – Males
Years	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	<5	<5	<5	10	<5	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	15	5

Count of HISTOLOGY CODED DESC – Females
Years	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	<5	<5	<5	5	<5	5	<5	<5	<5	10	5	<5	<5	10

Statistics Jersey also have the number of deaths where the cause of death was recorded as ‘Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus – C15’. The numbers have been rounded to the nearest five to prevent disclosure. As the numbers are small, it has only been possible to provide a breakdown by sex.

The most up to date information available is for 2017.

Count of Jersey Resident Deaths - All
Years	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	10	10	10

Count of Jersey Resident Deaths - Males
Years	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	10	5	5	5	5	10	5	10	10	5	10

Count of Jersey Resident Deaths - Female
Years	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Malignant neoplasm of Oesophagus	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	5	<5	5	<5	<5	<5

It has not been possible to provide information regarding the time to diagnosis as this is not currently measured.

No information is held by the States of Jersey in respect of Guernsey or the other Channel Islands.

Article applied

Article 25 Personal information

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(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law