§ Ms JowellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of recorded deaths from pneumonia in each region for the month of January in each year since 1990 to date. [18284]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 3 February 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
616WLetter from Tim Holt to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 5 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me, as Director of the Office for National Statistics, to reply to your recent question asking what was the number of recorded deaths from pneumonia in each region for the month of January in each year since 1990 to date.The following tables show the number of deaths certified as due to pneumonia (ICD1 480–486) that occurred in January to (a) residents of each regional health authority from 1990 to 1995 and (b) residents of each regional office area from 1996 to 1997. Please note that the figures for 1996 and 1997 are provisional
(a) Deaths due to pneumonia, January occurrences, 1990–95 Regional Health Authority 1990 1991 1992 19932 1994 1995 Northern 220 195 326 334 347 307 Yorkshire 303 239 358 452 442 401 Trent 352 339 349 509 592 548 East Anglian 160 156 149 250 308 299 North West Thames 241 217 248 385 364 357 North East Thames 289 268 319 437 471 563 South East Thames 338 334 354 526 484 606 South West Thames 216 280 275 401 394 442 Wessex 196 244 198 366 434 456 Oxford 170 172 166 262 298 295 South Western 266 239 249 366 391 408 West Midlands 347 354 375 567 566 566 Mersey 258 238 193 327 342 313 North Western 339 294 317 489 468 509 Wales 224 195 197 344 338 397 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. 2 New procedures for coding cause of death from 1993 mean that figures for pneumonia from 1993 onwards are not comparable with those in earlier years. The increase due to the new coding practice is about 50 per cent. More details can be found in ONS Series DH2, no.21, Mortality statistics: cause, 1993 (revised) and 1994 (published in 1996), copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.
(b) Deaths due to pneumonia, January occurrences, 1996–97 (provisional) Regional Office 1996 1997 Northern and Yorkshire 965 1,234 Trent 776 1,154 Anglia and Oxford 846 1,097 North Thames 1,097 1,784 South Thames 1,314 2,035 South and West 1,044 1,773 West Midlands 744 990 North West 1,137 1,436 Wales 459 778