§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people in each region have died from occupational ill health in each of the last 10 years. [40419]
Table 1: Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease, 1985–94 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Pneumoconiosis other than asbestosis 324 337 279 281 318 328 287 274 281 276 Byssinosis 25 29 25 22 25 19 16 21 11 7 Farmer's lung and other occupational allergic alveolitis 7 15 16 9 8 6 8 4 12 10 Mesothelioma 617 704 814 872 909 885 1,011 1,082 1,139 1,235 Asbestosis, excluding death certificates which mention mesothelioma 140 166 143 151 155 164 163 150 172 174 Total 1,113 1,251 1,277 1,335 1,415 1,402 1,485 1,531 1,615 1,702 Source: ONS/GRO(S).
Table 2: Mesothelioma deaths by region, 1985–94 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 North 83 76 91 109 85 72 100 92 113 112 Yorkshire and Humberside 44 52 54 69 80 61 94 85 91 120 North West 75 69 94 97 93 91 122 122 111 126 West Midlands 17 32 32 34 48 46 49 55 74 79 East Midlands 26 33 43 43 45 51 44 68 70 58 South West 54 67 73 80 78 90 106 100 103 93 East Anglia 18 21 29 20 27 26 44 33 39 38 South East (excl. G. London) 131 182 171 190 187 204 201 236 228 297 Greater London 98 80 111 105 120 115 108 113 140 133 Wales 18 29 23 14 26 23 34 43 51 51 Scotland 53 63 93 107 119 106 109 133 119 128 Overseas address — — — 4 1 — — 2 — — Total 617 704 814 872 909 885 1,011 1,082 1,139 1,235 812W
Table 3: Asbestosis deaths, excluding death certificates which also mention mesothelioma, by region, 1985–94 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 North 22 26 33 19 29 33 31 28 35 40 Yorkshire and Humberside 12 18 12 20 19 21 13 10 17 21 North West 20 18 17 14 17 22 20 18 32 28 West Midlands 11 5 4 13 9 10 11 10 5 6 East Midlands 3 5 7 4 5 1 7 5 4 8 South West 7 19 17 8 6 7 11 14 21 16 East Anglia 3 3 3 9 6 1 — 1 1 2 South East (excl. G. London) 19 20 10 13 12 16 8 20 15 14 Greater London 18 27 22 31 24 29 38 24 23 21 Wales 4 10 6 5 9 7 6 7 4 4 Scotland 21 15 12 15 19 17 18 13 14 12 Unknown 21 15 12 15 19 17 18 13 14 12 Total 140 166 143 151 155 164 163 150 172 174
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information is not available in the form requested. Some categories of occupational ill health can be identified from death certificate details and figures for the last 10 years. These are recorded in table 1.
The number of death certificates mentioning asbestosis or the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in each of the last 10 years are broken down by region in tables 2 and 3. Figures for other occupationally related lung disease are not readily available by region.