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Cardiovascular Diseases
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what proportion of all deaths were from (a) circulation diseases and (b) cancers in each of the last 15 years. [234501]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many and what proportion of all deaths were from (a) circulation diseases and (b) cancers in each of the last 15 years. (234501)
The tables attached provide the numbers of deaths and proportion of all deaths, with an underlying cause of (a) circulatory disease (table 1) and (b) cancer (table 2) for the years 1993 to 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number, and proportion of deaths where circulatory disease was the underlying cause of death, in England and Wales, 1993 to 2007( 1, 2) | ||
| Deaths | Per cen tage | |
| (1) Cause of death for circulatory disease was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 390-459 for 1993 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes I00-I99 for 2001 to 2007. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the number of deaths from this cause, before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. (2) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||
Civil Servants: Manpower
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many full-time equivalent civil servants each Government department and executive agency employed in City of York constituency in each year since 1996-97. [237054]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many full-time equivalent civil servants each government department and executive agency employed in City of York constituency in each year since 1996-97. (237054)
Information on employment in the civil service is not available for parliamentary constituencies. I refer to you the answer given on 5 November (Official Report, volume 482, column 493W) for estimates for the City of York area.
Death: Cancer
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the mortality rate from cancer was in Crosby constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008 to date. [236704]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the mortality rate from cancer was in Crosby constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008. (236704)
Mortality rates for parliamentary constituencies are available only for the years 2001 to 2006. The age-standardised mortality rate where cancer was the underlying cause of death in Crosby parliamentary constituency was 177 per 100,000 population in 2001, and 158 per 100,000 population in 2006.(1, 2, 3, 4)
(1 )Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.
(2 )Cause of death for cancer was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97.
(3 )Based on boundaries as of 2008.
(4 )Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
Death: Carbon Monoxide
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning there were of people aged (a) 60 to 64, (b) 65 to 74 and (c) 75 years and over since 1997. [236937]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning there were of people aged (a) 60-64, (b) 65-74 and (c) 75 years and over since 1997. (236937)
The attached table provides the number of deaths where the toxic effect of carbon monoxide was the cause of death for people aged (a) 60-64, (b) 65-74 and (c) 75 years and over, in England and Wales, from 1997 to 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number of deaths with a cause of carbon monoxide poisoning( 1) , by age group, persons aged 60 and over, England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 2, 3) | |||
| Deaths | |||
| Age group | |||
| 60-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | |
| (1 )Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 986 for the years 1997 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code T58 for the years 2001 to 2007. (2 )Figures include deaths of non-residents. (3 )Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |||
Death: Drugs
Jeff Ennis: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many deaths attributed to drugs overdoses were recorded in (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years. [236301]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths attributed to drugs overdoses were recorded in (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years. (236301)
The table attached provides the numbers of deaths for which the underlying cause was (i) drug poisoning and (ii) drug poisoning where any drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate, for (a) Doncaster metropolitan district, (b) Barnsley metropolitan district and (c) South Yorkshire county, from 2003 to 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number of de aths from drug poisoning and dru g misuse, Doncaster metropolitan district, Barnsley metropolitan district and South Yorkshire county, 2003 to 2007( 1,2,3) | ||||||
| Deaths | ||||||
| Drug poisoning | Drug misuse | |||||
| Doncaster | Barnsley | South Yorkshire | Doncaster | Barnsley | South Yorkshire | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Figures for Drug poisoning are where the underlying cause of death was due to drug poisoning (ICD-10 codes are shown in the following table). Figures for Drug misuse include all drug poisoning deaths where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate. (2 )Based on boundaries as of 2008. (3 )Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||||
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