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TREASURY

Alcohol/Tobacco Deaths

Mike Wood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many deaths in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Batley and Spen (i) consumption of alcohol and (ii) smoking was the main cause in the last year for which figures are available. [19659]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Mike Wood, dated 21 October 2005:


Table 1: Alcohol-related deaths(18) to usual residents of England, West Yorkshire, and Batley and Spen parliamentary constituency, registered 2004

Area of residenceNumber of deaths
England6,125
West Yorkshire303
Batley and Spen13


(18) The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
The codes used by ONS to define alcohol-related deaths are listed as follows:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
I42.6—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
K70—Alcoholic liver disease
K73—Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74—Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
X45—Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
Notes:
1. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
2. The selection of codes to define alcohol-related deaths is described in:
Baker A and Rooney C (2003). Recent trends in alcohol-related mortality, and the impact of ICD-10 on the monitoring of these deaths in England and Wales. "Health Statistics Quarterly" 17, pp 5–14.




 
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Table 2: Estimated percentages of all deaths associated with smoking for ages 35 and over, by primary care trusts in West Yorkshire, 1998–2002
Percentage

Primary Care Trust
Airedale30
Bradford City34
Bradford South and West36
North Bradford33
Eastern Wakefield37
Wakefield West33
Leeds West36
Leeds North East26
East Leeds38
South Leeds37
Leeds North West32
Calderdale31
North Kirklees32
Huddersfield Central31
South Huddersfield28
Strategic Health Authority
West Yorkshire33

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many deaths alcohol was the primary cause in the last five years in Lancaster and Wyre constituency. [20480]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Ben Wallace, dated 21 October 2005:


Alcohol-related deaths(19) to usual residents of Lancaster and Wyre parliamentary constituency, registered 2000–04

Number
200015
20012
20029
20038
200413


(19) For the year 2000 the cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). The codes used by ONS to define alcohol-related deaths are as listed:
291—Alcoholic psychoses
303—Alcohol dependence syndrome
305.0—Non-dependent abuse of alcohol
425.5—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
571—Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
E860—Accidental poisoning by alcohol.
For the years 2001–04 the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was used. To maintain comparability with earlier years the following codes were used:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
142.6—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
K70—Alcoholic liver disease
K73—Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74—Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
X45—Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
Notes:
1. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
2. The selection of codes to define alcohol-related deaths is described in "Baker A and Rooney C" (2003). Recent trends in alcohol-related mortality, and the impact of ICD-10 on the monitoring of these deaths in England and Wales. Health Statistics Quarterly 17, pp 5–14.





 
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Cancer Survival Rates

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rates of cancer patients one year after diagnosis were in England in each of the last five years. [19908]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Owen Paterson, dated 21 October 2005:

Climate Change Levy

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of the Climate Change Levy; and if he will make a statement. [20429]

John Healey: The Government published an independent evaluation of the Climate Change levy (CCL), "Modelling the Initial Effects of the Climate Change Levy", by Cambridge Econometrics at Budget 2005, which is available at:

The evaluation concluded that CCL is expected to deliver carbon dioxide savings of over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon by 2010, well above the estimates made at the time of the levy's introduction.
 
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