HC Deb 17 March 1997 vol 292 cc359-60W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of the population have(a) committed suicide and (b) suffered a fatal accident in each of the last seven years; and if he will make a statement. [20037]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 13 March 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.

Letter from John Fox to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 17 March 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent question asking how many and what percentage of the population have (a) committed suicide and (b) suffered a fatal accident in each of the last seven years. The Director has asked me to reply in his absence.

The figures for England are provided in the table below.

Year Suicides (ICD91)codes E950–E959 and E980–E989 excl.E988.8) Suicides per 100,000 population Fatal accidents (ICD91 codes E800–E929) Fatal accidents per 100,000 population
1989 5046 10.6 11111 23.2
1990 5240 10.9 10597 22.1
1991 5183 10.8 9944 20.6
1992 5126 10.6 9516 19.7
1993 4929 10.2 9617 19.8
1994 4780 9.8 9417 19.3
1995 4816 9.8 9369 19.2
1 International Classification of Diseases, ninth Revision