§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for the United Kingdom, and for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland separately, the number of deaths with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate for the year 1985; and if he will break down the figures by (a) month of the year and (b) by age groups (i) under 25, (ii) 25 to 34, (iii) 35 to 44, (iv) 45 to 54, (v) 55 to 64, (vi) 65 to 74, (vii) 75 to 84 and (viii) 85 years and over.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 3 March 1986, c. 64]: The tables show the provisional numbers of deaths with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, irrespective of whether it did or did not appear as the underlying cause of death for the United Kingdom and its constituent countries for 1985 by age group and month of registration.
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Month of registration Under 25 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total Northern Ireland January — — — — — — 1 — 1 February — — — — — 1 1 2 4 March — — — — — 2 — — 2 April — — — — — — 3 — 3 May — — — — 1 1 1 — 3 June — — — — — 2 1 — 3 July — — — 1 — 1 1 1 4 August — — — — — — 1 1 2 September — — — — — — 1 — 1 October — — — 1 — 1 — — 2 November — — — — — — — — 0 December — — — — — 2 — — 2 Total 0 0 0 2 1 10 10 4 27 Scotland January — 1 — — 5 19 29 11 65 February — 1 — — — 5 18 11 15 March — — — 2 1 2 10 9 24 April — — — 1 2 6 7 3 19 May — — — — — — 3 4 7 June — — — — — — 1 1 2 July — — — — — — 1 2 3 August 1 — — — — — 4 2 7 September — — 1 — — — 2 3 6 October — — — — 2 3 — 1 6 November — 1 — 3 2 6 10 10 32 December 1 — — — 4 5 8 9 27 Total 2 3 1 6 16 46 93 66 233 Wales January — — — 1 — 6 6 7 20 February — — — — — 1 3 3 7 March — — — — — 3 5 — 8 April — — — — 1 1 2 — 4 May — — — — — 1 3 1 5 June — — — — — 1 — 1 2 July — — — — — — — — — August — — — — — — 1 — 1 September — — — 1 — 1 1 — 3 October — — — — — — — 2 2 November — — — — 1 — 2 2 5 December — — — — — 1 — 1 2 Total — — — 2 2 15 23 17 59 * Includes 4 deaths of persons usually resident outside England and Wales.