§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish a table, listing for each of the last five years (a) the number of injuries inflicted by animals on humans, (b) the number of injuries classified as serious, which were inflicted by animals on humans and (c) the number of injuries inflicted by animals on humans, which were fatal, which were reported to the National Health Service or other official agencies, giving in each case the figures for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
§ Mrs. CurrieStatistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for those countries. Exact figures on injuries are not available.
However, table 1 shows an estimation of the approximate number of hospital discharges following injury caused by animals, where available. Table 2 gives the number of registrations of accidental deaths caused by animals for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 1981 to 1985.
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Table 1 Estimate of number of hospital discharges following injury caused by animals, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland ICD(9) E905 excluding E905.7, E9061 1980 to 1984 Area 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Scotland 190 260 300 320 340 England 3,120 2,710 3,070 2,380 2,220 Northern Ireland 60 70 90 80 60 1Estimates derived from Hospital In-Patient Statistics. These data are not available for Wales.
Table 2 Number of deaths with underlying cause of death as accident caused by animals, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland ICD(9) E905 excluding E905.7, E906 1981 to 1985 Area 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Scotland 2 2 1 — — England 11 9 13 14 20 Wales — 2 2 3 1 Northern Ireland — — 3 1 2