§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in the age groups(a) 0 to four and (b) five to 14 have died of influenza in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [142965]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 9 December 2003:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many children in the age groups (a) 0–4 (b) 5–14 have died of influenza in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
The latest available data are for 2002. Figures for the ten years 1993 to 2002 are therefore given in the table below.
Deaths from influenza1, England and Wales, 1993 to 20022 0–43 5–14 1993 1 1 1994 2 0 1995 4 0 1996 1 1 1997 2 0 1998 5 1 1999 6 2 2000 3 0 2001 4 1 2002 4 1 1Selected using code 487 from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision for 1993 to 2000 and codes J10–J11 from the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision for 2001 and 2002.
2Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year.
3Excludes deaths under 28 days.