§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how many excess winter deaths occurred in 2001–02, broken down by(a) English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain by age band; and if he will provide corresponding estimates for each of the last five years. [74536]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter to Mr. Burstow from Len Cook dated 16 Oct 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the excess winter deaths for each English region, Scotland, Wales and Great Britain, in each year 1996–1997 to 2001–2002, with a breakdown by age for each year. (74536)
Figures for English Government Office Regions and for Wales for 1996–97 to 2000–01 are provided in the attached table. Please note that the figures for 2000–01 are currently provisional. Comparable figures for Scotland are not produced routinely. Available figures were published in a GRO Scotland occasional paper in April 2002.1
ONS will be releasing final figures for 2000–2001 and provisional excess winter mortality figures for 2001–2002 on 24 October 2002. I will be placing a copy in the Libraries of the House at that time.
Notes:
1Bowie, N., Jackson, G., 2002. Occasional Paper No.7: The Raised Incidence of Winter Deaths. General Register Office for Scotland
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Excess winter deaths* by age-group and Government Office Region of usual residence, 1991/1992–1999/2000 and 2000/2001** 1996/19971 1997/19981 1998/19991 1999/20001 2000/20012 North West 0–64 510 280 630 420 200 65–74 1070 500 1230 1090 600 75–84 2260 980 2600 2060 1300 85 + 2520 1010 2880 2520 1600 All ages 6360 2770 7350 6090 3800 Yorkshire and the Humber 0–64 240 210 260 350 200 65–74 700 480 810 680 500 75–84 1810 860 1800 1690 800 85 + 1800 910 1890 1900 1000 All ages 4540 2460 4760 4620 2600 East Midlands 0–64 250 130 310 350 200 65–74 470 360 550 590 300 75–84 1280 700 1560 1270 800 85 + 1540 820 1680 1620 1000 All ages 3540 2000 4090 3820 2200 West Midlands 0–64 410 250 470 440 300 65–74 740 510 750 950 400 75–84 1650 800 1730 1810 1000 85 + 1740 900 1920 2090 900 All ages 4530 2460 4860 5290 2600 East 0–64 240 170 130 330 100 65–74 710 410 640 670 200 75–84 1720 930 1590 1800 1000 85 + 2320 1030 2440 2070 1200 All ages 5000 2540 4800 4880 2400 London 0–64 430 150 420 470 300 65–74 870 320 670 930 300 75–84 2240 930 1690 2050 800 85 + 2390 1120 2160 2430 1400 All ages 5940 2520 4940 5870 2800 South East 0–64 420 250 370 630 300 65–74 870 570 890 1050 200 75–84 2770 990 2190 2470 1000 85 + 3600 1410 3260 3530 1600 All ages 7650 3210 6710 7680 3200 South West 0–64 300 120 230 310 300 65–74 600 400 420 620 200 75–84 1830 700 1380 1580 500 85 + 2320 1020 2100 2220 1200 All ages 5060 2240 4130 4730 2300 Wales 0–64 120 90 230 220 200 65–74 490 360 540 420 200 75–84 1050 480 930 1090 600 85+ 1220 350 1200 1150 600 All ages 2880 1290 2900 2880 1700 England 0–64 2930 1660 2900 3570 2100 65–74 6520 3890 6430 7070 3100 75–84 16490 7410 15430 15770 7800 85 + 18910 8770 19250 19250 10400 All ages 44850 21740 44010 45650 23400 England and Wales 0–64 3050 1760 3130 3790 2300 65–74 7010 4260 6970 7490 3300 75–84 17540 7890 16360 16850 8400 85 + 20130 9120 20450 20400 11000 All ages 47730 23030 46900 48520 25000 Note: *Excess winter deaths are defined by the Office for National Statistics as the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding autumn (August to November) and the following summer (April to July) **provisional 1rounded to the nearest 10 2provisional, rounded to the nearest 100