HC Deb 22 July 1968 vol 769 cc41-2W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Health what has been the fall in the number

REPORT the recorded number of suicides and attempted suicides as a proportion of total population in each of the 20 largest cities of England and Wales in each of the past five years.

Mr. K. Robinson

I regret that information about attempted suicides is not available. Figures for deaths by suicide are given in the following table:

of deaths from respiratory tuberculosis from 1947 to 1965; and what has been the rise in the number of deaths from cancer in the lung and bronchus during the same period.

Mr. K. Robinson

In England and Wales, the number of deaths from respiratory tuberculosis fell from 19,800 in 1947 to 2,000 in 1965 (minus 17,800) whilst the number of deaths from cancer of the lung and bronchus rose from 9,300 in 1947 to 26,400 in 1965 (plus 17,100).