§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals in the United Kingdom are missing one or both legs.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not held centrally.
§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the principal causes for the loss of legs in the United Kingdom; and what percentage of the total each of the causes forms.
§ Mr. DorrellThe latest available information on the cause of leg amputations in England is given in the table. The information relating to other parts of the United Kingdom is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Patients attending for the first time in 1989 in respect of present treatment. Single leg Double leg Double leg previously single Accident Industrial 46 3 — Home 17 — — Recreation 6 — — Armed Forces 5 — — Traffic:—Pedestrian 38 — — Traffic:—Road vehicle: (i) Two-wheeled: Driver 64 — — (ii) Two-wheeled: Passenger 6 — — (iii) Other: Driver 13 1 — (iv) Other: Passenger 3 — — Rail 12 2 — Other 17 — — Accident total 227 6 — Disease Vascular Insufficiency: (i) Atherosclerosis 1,514 42 100
Single leg Double leg Double leg previously single (ii) Embolism 107 3 — (iii) Thromboangiitis 13 — — (iv) Varicose Ulceration 22 — — (v) Other 43 3 — Metabolic:—(i) Diabetes 611 29 53 (ii) Other 3 — — Infective:—Gas Gangrene 15 1 1 (ii) Other 61 3 — Malignancy 112 — — Neurogenic Deformity:— (i) Acquired 6 — — (ii) Congenital 19 2 1 Disease—Total 2,526 83 155 Total—all causes 2,753 89 155 Source: Department of Health Statistics and Management Information Division Amputation Statistics 1989 (ISBN 1 85197 5764).
§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what discernible patterns of leg loss there are in terms of(a) age, (b) occupation, (c) socio-economic group and (d) area of residence.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not held centrally.