HC Deb 19 March 1979 vol 964 c456W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Service men and women were invalided out of the Service during the period covered by the Defence White Paper 1979; and what were the main contributory causes.

Dr. Gilbert

Provisional figures for the calendar year 1978 are as follows:

Cause
1.—Infective and parasytic 18
2.—Neo-plasms 21
3.—Psychiatric disorders 192
4.—Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 315
5.—Diseases of the circulatory system 88
6.—Diseases of the respiratory system 96
7.—Diseases of the digestive system 77
8.—Diseases of the genitourinary system 11
9.—Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissues 64
10.—Diseases of the musculoskeletal system 474
11.—Congenital anomalies 55
12.—Other diseases 118
13.—Injuries 285
Total 1,814

These figures appear in the annual abstract of statistics, published every autumn by HMSO.