HC Deb 08 December 1981 vol 14 c363W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have died from diabetes in the United Kingdom in each year since 1977.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The information requested is as follows:

Death from Diabetes Mellitus (ICD 250) in the United Kingdom, 1977–80
Sex 1977 1978 1979 * 1980
Male 2,308 2,289 2,287 2,278
Female 3,287 3,321 3,270 3,199
Persons 5,595 5,610 5,557 5,477
* Figures for 1980 are provisional.

Source:

Northern Ireland GRO.

Scotland GRO.

England and Wales 1977–79. Mortality statistics DH2.

1980—unpublished cause run.