Elderly People (Deaths) (Hansard, 7 December 1988)

HC Deb 07 December 1988 vol 143 cc184-5W 184W

§ Mr. Andrew Bowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the 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-monthly period from 1 April 1978 to 31 March 1988 for England and Wales.

§ Mrs. Currie
The information is Shown in the table.
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Period Age group in years

60 to 69 70 to 79 80 and over

1 October 1979 to 31 March 1980 58,348 101,304 100,062

1 April 1980 to 30 September 1980 52,526 88,774 85,433

1 October 1980 to 31 March 1981 57,706 101,403 104,203

1 April 1981 to 30 September 1981 51,003 87,722 86,298

1 October 1981 to 31 March 1982 57,808 104,422 110,338

1 April 1982 to 30 September 1982 51,151 88,023 88,605

1 October 1982 to 31 March 1983 57,482 103,202 110,941

1 April 1983 to 30 September 1983 50,765 88,331 90,264

1 October 1983 to 31 March 1984 54,512 98,956 106,859

1 April 1984 to 30 September 1984 49,190 87,007 91,720

1 October 1984 to 31 March 1985 55,657 102,670 117,664

1 April 1985 to 30 September 1985 48,927 88,249 96,511

1 October 1985 to 31 March 1986 54,149 102,276 121,568

1 April 1986 to 30 September 1986 49,216 87,831 96,419

1 October 1986 to 31 March 1987 51,524 93,959 109,480

1 April 1987 to 30 September 1987 48,083 84,043 96,212

1 October 1987 to 31 March 1988¹ 54,028 95,145 120,229

¹ 1988 data is provisional.