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Table 2: Deaths where malnutrition was mentioned on the death certificate( 1) , strategic health authorities in England( 2) , 1997 to 2008( 3,4)
Deaths (persons)
Strategic health authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
North East	23	17	20	23	22	25	24	14	19	28	19	20
North West	35	37	31	30	28	33	33	38	39	32	43	43
Yorkshire and the Humber	33	26	31	26	21	22	31	19	15	25	29	34
East Midlands	16	31	29	33	16	21	23	22	28	30	28	18
West Midlands	62	40	55	46	35	50	40	44	24	37	45	47
East of England	25	28	38	25	30	33	19	23	36	30	30	41
London	36	38	42	31	23	22	27	16	16	25	29	36
South East Coast	18	18	22	25	17	18	15	21	15	22	23	23
South Central	21	16	20	16	8	21	17	19	26	36	25	25
Southwest	51	54	36	46.	26	25	25	36	31	36	29	36
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 260-269 for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E40-E46 for 2001 onwards. Deaths were included where any of these codes were mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from each cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (4) Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.

Table 3: Deaths where effects of hunger was mentioned on the death certificate( 1) , strategic health authorities in England( 2) , 1997 to 2008( 3,4)
Deaths (persons)
Strategic health authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
North East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Northwest	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Yorkshire and the Humber	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
East Midlands	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
West Midlands	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0
East of England	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
London	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
South East Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
South Central	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
South West	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2
(1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code E904.1 for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code T73.0 for 2001 onwards. Deaths were included where these codes were mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from each cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2009. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. (4) Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.

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