HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 c411W
Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died from rabies in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years; and what were the comparable figures in each of the other European Community countries.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested for the United Kingdom is show in the table; data for other European Community countries are not available.

Number of deaths with underlying cause of death of rabies1, United Kingdom, 1984–88
Number of deaths
1984
1985
1986 1
1987 1
1988 1
1 International Classification of Diseases (9th revision) code 071.

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