§ Linda PerhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were from(a) stroke and (b) stroke-related diseases in each of the past five years. [4096]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Linda Perham, dated 18 July 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on how many deaths there were from (a) stroke and (b) stroke-related diseases for each of the past five years. I am replying in his absence. (4097)
The data requested are published in the annual reference volumes, "Mortality Statistics: Cause DH2", Table 2, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Figures are currently available up to 1999. The underlying cause of death, classified according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Classification of Disease, Ninth Edition (ICD9) indicates the disease or injury that initiated the train of events leading directly to death. Deaths with an underlying cause of stroke are classified using ICD9 codes 430 to 438.