Causes of Death (Hansard, 20 January 1992)

§ Mr. Dorrell

The information is not readily available in the form requested. Annual figures showing deaths by cause are published in "Mortality Statistics: Cause", Series DH2, copies of which are available in the Library.

The table shows deaths registered in each month from January 1988 to September 1991, for men aged 65 and over, and women aged 60 and over. It includes deaths from all causes and from hypothermia. It also shows deaths where hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate.

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Number of deaths from all causes, and for hypothermia as a mention on the death certificate, and also as an underlying cause of death¹ by age, sex, and month of registration, 1988 to 1991
	All causes	Hypothermia mentions	Hypothermia underlying cause of death¹
Month of registration	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over
1988
January	18,946	23,745	9	37	2	14
February	19,376	23,967	24	44	8	20
March	20,470	26,370	24	29	14	17
April	16,923	21,541	7	16	3	6
May	16,185	20,047	14	16	6	7
June	16,712	20,888	4	13	4	5
July	15,093	18,536	4	3	3	0
August	16,528	20,615	4	4	2	1
September	16,001	19,457	5	10	1	5
October	16,790	20,630	3	11	0	3
November	17,844	22,256	14	20	5	6
December	19,256	24,699	15	30	6	15

	All causes	Hypothermia mentions	Hypothermia underlying cause of death¹
Month of registration	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over
1989
January	20,202	25,839	17	32	7	13
February	16,734	20,623	9	27	4	11
March	18,453	22,991	11	31	8	14
April	16,324	20,258	11	28	4	14
May	17,556	21,649	7	22	4	15
June	16,708	20,767	2	8	0	4
July	15,515	19,667	2	5	1	2
August	15,289	19,262	1	1	0	1
September	15,198	18,703	3	4	2	1
October	17,290	21,679	2	11	0	1
November	17,944	22,341	12	12	7	3
December	25,874	34,668	20	36	12	18

	All causes	Hypothermia mentions	Hypothermia underlying cause of death¹
Month of registration	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over
1990
January	23,017	30,237	20	35	10	14
February	17,362	21,462	20	23	10	9
March	17,757	21,596	15	28	9	13
April	17,311	21,777	11	15	2	6
May	17,187	21,021	8	17	5	9
June	15,881	19,664	2	13	2	6
July	16,573	20,582	1	6	0	3
August	15,575	19,657	2	3	0	1
September	14,481	17,568	2	5	0	3
October	17,959	22,050	5	8	3	1
November	17,435	21,244	10	21	7	6
December	19,622	24,220	15	36	3	9

	All causes	Hypothermia mentions	Hypothermia underlying cause of death¹
Month of registration	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over	Males 65 and over	Females 60 and over
1991²
January	22,016	28,486	22	58	10	24
February	20,049	25,641	45	75	27	30
March	17,204	21,626	17	34	11	19
April	18,499	23,212	14	23	8	10
May	17,137	21,469	8	22	5	11
June	15,337	19,103	2	18	2	6
July	16,639	21,013	3	12	0	8
August	14,793	18,588	0	5	0	2
September	15,272	18,799	1	5	2	2
October	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
November	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
December	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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¹ Assigned to the 9th revision International Classification of diseases codes 778.3 and 991.6.

² 1991 figures are provisional.