§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the bacterial infections which caused death from food poisoning in each year since 1990 indicating the(a) number and (b) percentage in each category. [12059]
§ Mr. HoramThe information is provided in the following table:
Food poisoning deaths notifications Numbers 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Cholera ICD 1001 — — 1 — — — Salmonella infections ICD 002, 003, 008.1 70 62 60 39 35 36 Other food poisoning and intestinal infections ICD 005, 008.4 11 11 55 121 62 155 Listeriosis ICD 027.0 9 6 5 11 9 11 Total 90 79 121 171 106 202 1International Classification of Diseases. 9th Revision.
Percentages 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Cholera ICD 1001 0 0 1 0 0 0 Salmonella infections ICD 002, 003, 008.1 78 78 50 23 33 18 Other food poisoning and intestinal infections ICD 005, 008.4 12 14 45 71 58 77 Listeriosis ICD 027.0 10 8 4 6 8 5 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 International Classification of Diseases. 9th Revision. From 1990 to 1992, the deaths are those that were registered in each year; from 1993 to 1995, the deaths are those that occurred in each year.