HC Deb 01 December 1970 vol 807 c327W
81. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the annual death rate from bronchial diseases since 1965 to the present time.

Mr. Alison

The figures are as follows:

England and Wales, Annual death rates from Bronchial diseases per million living
(i) Asthma, emphysema, bronchitis (acute and chronic) bronchiectasis
1965 692
1966 734
1967 637
1968 751
1969 772 provisional
Figures based on I.C.D. categories (7th Revision) 241, 500–502, 526 for years 1965–67, and on categories (8th Revision) 466, 490–493, 518 for years 1968 and 1969.

(ii) Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung
1965 554
1966 563
1967 585
1968 593
1969 610 provisional
Figures based on I.C.D. categories (7th Revision) 162, 163 for years 1965–67 and on category (8th Revision) 162 for years 1968 and 1969.