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Winter Mortality

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the excess winter mortality (a) rate and (b) numbers were for (i) those aged 65 to 80 years, (ii) those aged over 80 years and (iii) all ages in (A) the UK, (B) England, (C) Scotland, (D) Wales, (E) each London borough and (F) Hornsey and Wood Green in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [55099]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 6 March 2006:
 
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As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the excess winter mortality (a) rate and (b) numbers were for (i) those aged 65 to 80 years, (ii) those aged over 80 years, and (iii) all ages in (A) the UK, (B) England, (C) Scotland, (D) Wales, (E) each London Borough, and (F) Hornsey and Wood Green, in each of the last five years. (55099)

I am placing in the House of Commons Library, a table giving the available figures on excess winter deaths (the excess number of deaths each winter compared to the average during other months of the year) by age group and area. The table gives the excess winter mortality (EWM) index, which is calculated as the excess number of winter deaths divided by the average number of non-winter deaths, expressed as a percentage.

The latest available figures for the constituent countries of the United Kingdom are for 2004/2005. These figures for 2004/2005 are provisional and are not available for areas smaller than Government Office Regions.

Bromley	1999–2000	25.7	80	38.2	170	28.3	260
	2000–01	10.8	30	25.7	120	21.5	190
	2001–02	-3.0	-10	8.5	40	5.2	50
	2002–03	10.8	30	24.7	120	16.8	150
	2003–04	8.0	20	17.5	90	13.2	120
Camden	1999–2000	14.4	20	47.4	100	23.4	120
	2000–01	4.0	10	26.4	50	15.2	70
	2001–02	18.1	30	11.3	20	9.6	50
	2002–03	5.1	10	15.8	30	14.1	60
	2003–04	21.6	30	20.0	40	15.0	70
Croydon	1999–2000	21.5	70	58.1	220	37.4	320
	2000–01	4.7	10	33.7	130	19.5	160
	2001–02	18.6	50	32.0	130	22.5	190
	2002–03	15.0	40	15.2	60	11.7	100
	2003–04	3.3	10	22.8	90	11.3	100
Ealing	1999–2000	23.5	60	32.6	110	27.9	210
	2000–01	1.5	0	10.4	30	6.5	50
	2001–02	19.4	40	23.0	70	17.6	120
	2002–03	12.4	30	31.4	90	17.3	120
	2003–04	12.3	30	25.7	80	10.5	70
Enfield	1999–2000	37.5	90	36.7	140	33.9	260
	2000–01	-2.1	-10	11.1	40	4.7	40
	2001–02	10.2	30	29.7	120	16.2	120
	2002–03	29.3	60	25.2	100	24.0	130
	2003–04	18.6	40	11.1	40	9.0	70
Greenwich	1999–2000	19.3	50	52.7	130	30.3	190
	2000–01	27.5	60	15.5	40	16.8	110
	2001–02	2.6	10	13.3	40	9.7	60
	2002–03	32.1	60	10.9	30	11.7	70
	2003–04	11.3	20	20.3	60	11.6	70
Hackney	1999–2000	40.6	60	38.5	60	26.3	120
	2000–01	12.1	20	38.7	50	15.2	60
	2001–02	13.1	20	13.5	20	10.6	40
	2002–03	17.3	20	47.2	60	21.7	90
	2003–04	-2.5	0	11.3	20	0.2	0
Hammersmith and Fulham	1999–2000	45.5	50	31.9	50	33.0	120
	2000–01	24.1	30	24.8	40	24.0	80
	2001–02	-13.3	-20	68.7	80	18.6	60
	2002–03	38.0	40	28.9	40	29.4	100
	2003–04	-0.9	0	1.0	0	0.9	0
Haringey	1999–2000	36.9	60	16.7	40	21.1	100
	2000–01	13.5	20	12.6	30	9.8	50
	2001–02	2.8	0	33.0	60	15.6	70
	2002–03	26.6	40	31.4	60	23.5	110
	2003–04	20.0	30	25.4	40	12.6	60
Harrow	1999–2000	27.5	50	35.4	100	27.5	150
	2000–01	17.0	30	28.0	70	20.1	100
	2001–02	6.5	10	26.4	70	16.0	80
	2002–03	7.9	10	14.2	40	10.8	60
	2003–04	-5.2	-10	18.3	50	14.7	80
Havering	1999–2000	30.8	90	53.4	170	39.4	290
	2000–01	2.4	10	18.0	60	7.1	50
	2001–02	23.6	60	21.3	80	19.9	150
	2002–03	13.1	40	29.8	110	22.8	180
	2003–04	19.8	50	27.0	100	23.2	170
Hillingdon	1999–2000	28.7	70	53.0	150	36.9	240
	2000–01	28.5	60	14.8	50	16.9	110
	2001–02	14.0	30	22.2	70	18.9	120
	2002–03	12.0	30	20.7	70	14.8	100
	2003–04	-0.2	0	20.6	70	10.7	70
Hounslow	1999–2000	40.7	80	41.8	100	33.4	180
	2000–01	2.1	0	37.7	80	19.5	100
	2001–02	26.2	40	18.9	50	19.8	110
	2002–03	-7.8	-20	38.4	90	14.8	80
	2003–04	8.9	20	14.6	40	11.5	60
Islington	1999–2000	24.5	40	24.3	40	17.4	80
	2000–01	-8.2	-10	14.0	20	5.1	20
	2001–02	15.3	20	17.4	20	17.4	70
	2002–03	2.9	0	24.9	40	9.4	40
	2003–04	19.4	30	7.5	10	10.2	40
Kensington & Chelsea	1999–2000	37.3	40	23.7	40	22.5	80
	2000–01	9.8	10	4.9	10	10.2	30
	2001–02	2.7	0	24.1	30	11.3	40
	2002–03	27.3	20	9.4	10	14.5	40
	2003–04	0.0	0	35.4	50	16.8	50
Kingston upon Thames	1999–2000	28.2	30	44.0	90	37.8	150
	2000–01	13.6	20	25.5	60	15.0	70
	2001–02	47.6	50	21.3	50	27.8	110
	2002–03	1.8	0	22.3	50	10.0	40
	2003–04	15.9	20	8.2	20	8.8	40
Lambeth	1999–2000	30.8	70	39.3	90	29.9	180
	2000–01	14.4	30	14.8	30	12.6	80
	2001–02	-2.8	-10	12.2	20	4.4	30
	2002–03	15.1	30	25.7	50	16.8	90
	2003–04	-9.4	-20	29.0	60	12.7	70
Lewisham	1999–2000	34.6	80	39.9	120	29.7	210
	2000–01	12.9	30	21.9	70	18.5	120
	2001–02	17.0	40	30.5	80	17.8	110
	2002–03	26.0	50	20.0	60	22.6	140
	2003–04	3.7	10	18.5	60	6.2	40
Merton	1999–2000	20.4	30	46.8	100	29.7	140
	2000–01	-5.3	-10	38.2	90	18.7	90
	2001–02	-2.3	0	14.9	30	4.8	20
	2002–03	12.5	20	16.4	40	14.3	60
	2003–04	-4.9	-10	20.5	50	8.1	. 40
Newham	1999–2000	47.8	100	76.0	130	53.6	280
	2000–01	4.3	10	42.3	80	21.4	110
	2001–02	21.9	40	29.5	50	18.9	100
	2002–03	16.7	30	37.7	70	20.1	100
	2003–04	9.0	20	13.5	30	8.5	40
Redbridge	1999–2000	32.6	70	45.3	140	35.3	220
	2000–01	2.2	10	22.4	70	11.4	80
	2001–02	11.1	20	28.0	90	21.4	140
	2002–03	17.3	30	7.3	30	8.9	60
	2003–04	4.5	10	22.0	80	11.6	80
Richmond upon Thames	1999–2000	27.1	40	33.7	90	32.2	160
	2000–01	-5.0	-10	10.5	30	4.9	20
	2001–02	21.9	30	18.7	40	14.0	60
	2002–03	28.2	40	25.1	60	22.5	100
	2003–04	8.1	10	23.0	60	15.6	70
Southwark	1999–2000	35.4	80	48.9	100	36.7	210
	2000–01	10.2	20	41.4	80	18.1	110
	2001–02	13.0	30	14.9	30	11.1	60
	2002–03	-0.5	0	23.3	50	7.7	40
	2003–04	13.8	30	14.6	30	8.0	50
Sutton	1999–2000	14.9	30	44.8	110	27.0	150
	2000–01	22.7	40	18.2	50	20.3	110
	2001–02	20.5	30	16.7	50	15.5	80
	2002–03	-13.5	-20	8.1	30	2.2	10
	2003–04	16.0	20	13.8	40	10.1	50
Tower Hamlets	1999–2000	27.6	50	45.1	60	25.0	110
	2000–01	22.9	40	23.5	30	19.8	80
	2001–02	3.7	10	18.9	30	10.4	50
	2002–03	13.3	20	3.8	10	6.1	30
	2003–04	-2.6	0	4.6	10	2.8	10
Waltham Forest	1999–2000	27.2	60	40.5	120	31.1	190
	2000–01	14.6	30	30.5	90	19.2	120
	2001–02	8.7	20	11.0	30	10.1	60
	2002–03	8.0	10	26.7	80	15.9	100
	2003–04	6.7	10	6.0	20	6.0	30
Wandsworth	1999–2000	17.2	40	45.9	140	27.6	180
	2000–01	-0.8	0	36.6	100	13.9	90
	2001–02	4.8	10	33.4	100	17.3	110
	2002–03	10.6	20	15.3	50	12.9	80
	2003–04	12.6	20	10.4	30	10.4	60
Westminster	1999–2000	29.4	40	44.4	80	29.3	130
	2000–01	13.3	20	30.2	60	22.8	100
	2001–02	26.8	30	13.7	30	16.5	70
	2002–03	2S ,	0	21.0	40	10.4	40
	2003–04	20.7	30	20.3	40	13.3	60
(F) Hornsey &Wood Green(21)	1999–2000	22.0	20	17.1	20	6.1	30
	2000–01	26.5	20	18.9	20	7.2	40
	2001–02	-10.7	-10	41.4	40	10.3	50
	2002–03	37.1	30	25.2	30	26.3	60
	2003–04	26.7	20	27.8	30	12.8	30

⁽¹⁷⁾ Excess winter deaths are defined as the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the following four months (April to July).Figures for 1999/2000 to 2003/2004 are final estimates rounded to the nearest 10.
⁽¹⁸⁾ The excess winter deaths index is calculated as the excess number of winter deaths divided by the average number of non-winter deaths, expressed as a percentage.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Data are based on occurrences of death each month for England and Wales and on registrations of deaths each month for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
⁽²⁰⁾ Figures for 2004/05 are provisional. These are rounded to the nearest 100 for the United Kingdom, England, and Wales, and to the nearest 10 for Scotland.
⁽²¹⁾ Parliamentary constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green.



 
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