HC Deb 16 May 1990 vol 172 c415W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths there have been from thalassaemia for each year over the last 10 years.

Mr. Dorrell

The information is shown in the table.

Number of deaths from thalassaemia1 of persons in England and Wales, 1980–892
Year Number of deaths
1980 7
1981 11
1982 5
1983 3
1984 11
1985 12
1986 6
1987 10
1988 6
1989 28
1 Assigned to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ninth revision code 282.4.
2 Provisional.