Mortality Ratios (Hansard, 3 December 2001)

§ Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the standard mortality ratios for each(a) parliamentary constituency in Scotland and the north-eastern Government office region of England and

Standardised mortality ratios¹ for selected causes, for wards in Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan county district Years of registration of death 1991–93
	All causes	Respiratory disease²	Coronary heart disease²	Stroke²	Cancers²
Ward	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Benwell	141.5	148.6	183.9	182.3	137.6	147.9	160.8	171.6	139.9	122.1
Blacklaw	124.4	126.2	84.7	104.2	128.4	128.0	182.5	86.3	164.0	109.4
Byker	129.5	123.5	136.9	113.7	120.1	105.8	146.9	95.5	158.2	149.3
Castle	83.2	99.3	101.1	68.8	66.8	78.4	52.9	121.0	104.5	118.9
Dene	90.0	76.3	50.4	51.7	114.7	89.9	74.0	49.4	94.4	92.4
Denton	109.4	109.4	101.8	93.4	128.1	121.4	159.2	81.5	119.2	118.2
Elswick	173.2	122.3	209.4	125.4	126.7	111.9	156.6	105.6	183.3	138.8
Fawdon	109.5	93.9	99.6	80.6	119.3	130.1	86.6	67.6	125.8	95.7
Fenham	100.9	98.0	124.1	61.0	105.3	89.3	96.7	81.7	126.8	117.7
Grange	130.3	116.3	119.8	114.7	96.3	102.8	147.6	116.1	148.4	116.7
Heaton	99.1	96.6	85.2	86.3	105.9	97.4	58.8	95.8	114.0	118.1
Jesmond	132.9	104.0	112.8	92.2	96.1	139.4	130.5	109.4	101.8	98.4
Kenton	122.5	109.3	109.0	117.9	88.6	139.7	122.7	143.4	116.0	114.0
Lemington	131.5	124.5	125.0	55.0	109.8	93.6	153.0	211.18	100.8	115.0
Monkchester	161.6	139.1	144.5	197.3	163.0	166.8	123.0	122.1	162.1	172.2
Moorside	124.2	97.0	66.3	85.3	133.6	88.7	115.4	112.8	129.3	101.5
Newburn	129.7	103.4	104.0	128.5	139.5	116.9	114.0	64.5	128.3	131.5
Sandyford	120.0	106.7	81.7	85.9	102.6	118.0	160.2	114.5	103.6	144.7
Scotswood	128.2	97.4	90.8	144.0	107.4	110.6	104.2	65.8	155.2	95.4
South Gosforth	106.0	104.2	57.9	87.0	111.6	102.3	99.0	113.3	95.0	117.9
Walker	151.4	130.7	189.1	126.9	122.8	138.0	133.4	106.4	184.2	131.2
Walkergate	145.8	117.6	144.3	133.7	148.5	114.8	142.5	131.5	141.5	118.2
West City	171.4	151.4	190.6	151.0	165.4	126.5	178.6	140.7	185.8	130.6
Westerhope	94.4	98.1	71.6	70.5	93.1	109.6	153.3	96.9	101.0	120.3
Wingrove	117.6	107.5	119.0	94.6	124.7	104.9	106.5	81.7	106.4	132.9
Woolsington	109.7	99.3	71.0	41.5	136.6	122.3	39.0	114.6	126.2	87.4
¹ Standardised to the population of England and Wales
² International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes:
Respiratory disease—460–519
Coronary heart disease—410–414
Stroke—30–438
Cancer—140–208

62W

(b) electoral ward in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, for all causes, and for (i) respiratory disease, (ii) coronary disease, (iii) stroke and (iv)cancer. [19487]

§ Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 30 November 2001: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for (a) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and the North Eastern Government Office Region of England and (b) each replying in his absence (19487) Figures for Scotland are the responsibility of the Scottish Executive. SMRs for electoral wards and parliamentary constituencies can be calculated only on the basis of ward populations from the 1991 Census. This pre-dates the creation of Government Office Regions. Hence the available data on parliamentary constituencies does not match Government Office Regions. The attached table shows SMRs for all causes of death, and for (i) respiratory disease, (ii) coronary disease, (iii) stroke and (iv) cancer for each ward (as constituted at the time of the 1991 Census) in Newcastle upon Tyne District Metropolitan County District, in the years 1991–1993, based on populations from the 1991 Census.