§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what stage discussions on the arrangements for contracting out of the new earnings-related pension scheme have reached.
§ Mr. CrossmanI said in reply to a question from the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter) on 31st March that good progress
DEATH RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION FROM CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER, FROM ALCOHOLISM AND FROM LUNG CANCER—ENGLAND AND WALES, 1968 (Actual numbers of deaths shown in brackets) Males Females Persons 1. Cirrhosis of the liver (ICD* 571) … … … … 3.2 (752) 2.8 (710) 3.0 (1,462) 2. Alcoholism: (a) Deaths assigned to cirrhosis of the liver, alcoholic (ICD* 571.0) (included in 1 above). 0.4 (88) 0.2 (50) 0.3 (138) (b) Deaths assigned to alcoholism (ICD* 291 and ICD* 303) and alcoholic psychosis. 0.2 (46) 0.1 (35) 0.2 (81) Cancer of lung (ICD* 162) … … … … … 101.1 (23,896) 19.7 (4,930) 59.3 (28,826) * International Classification of Diseases, 8th Revision. Note: The additional number of deaths in which alcohol was recorded as a contributory, but not as a main, cause is not yet available for 1968. In 1967 there were 500 such deaths registered, 376 male and 124 female.