§ Mr. Andrew Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the total number of deaths among those aged (a) 60 to 69 years, (b) 70 to 79 years and (c) 80 years and over for each complete six-month period from 1 April 1977 to 31 March 1987, for England and Wales.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe available information is shown in the table.
Data for the period 1 January to 31 March 1987 have not yet been processed.
Number of deaths registered in six month periods from 1 April 1977, persons aged 60–69, 70–79 and 80 and over years, England and Wales Period Age-group in years 60–69 70–79 80 and over 1 April 1977–30 September 1977 56,243 87,194 83,608 1 October 1977–31 March 1978 62,822 101,675 100,466 1 April 1978–30 September 1978 54,448 87,894 82,065 1 October 1978–31 March 1979 61,382 104,655 103,526 1 April 1979–30 September 1979 52,658 88,841 83,997 1 October 1979–31 March 1980 58,348 101,304 100,062 1 April 1980–30 September 1980 52,526 88,774 85,433 1 October 1980–31 March 1981 57,706 101,403 104,203 1 April 1981–30 September 1981 51,003 87,722 86,298 1 October 1981–31 March 1982 57,808 104,422 110,338 1 April 1982–30 September 1982 51,151 88,023 88,605 1 October 1982–31 March 1983 57,482 103,202 110,941 1 April 1983–30 September 1983 50,765 88,331 90,264 1 October 1983–31 March 1984 54,512 98,956 106,859 1 April 1984–30 September 1984 49,190 87,007 91,720 1 October 1984–31 March 1985 55,657 102,670 117,664 1 April 1985–30 September 1985 48,927 88,249 96,511 1 October 1985–31 March 1986 54,149 102,276 121,568 1 April 1986–30 September 1986 49,216 87,831 96,419 1 October 1986–31 March 1987 not available