HC Deb 17 December 1980 vol 996 cc196-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table indicating for each county of England the number per thousand population of persons aged 75 years and over.

Sir George Young

The latest available information is shown below.

Table showing the estimated number of persons aged 75 years and over per 1,000 population for the counties of England
County Mid 1979 estimate
Greater Manchester 52.1
Merseyside 53.9
South Yorkshire 51.2
Tyne and Wear 53.6
West Midlands 48.0
West Yorkshire 56.4
Avon 58.6
Bedfordshire 40.1
Berkshire 43.7
Buckinghamshire 42.2
Cambridgeshire 48.3
Cheshire 45.5
Cleveland 41.7
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 65.1
Cumbria 60.4
Derbyshire 52.8
Devon 76.6
Dorset 84.4
Durham 49.6
East Sussex 101.1
Essex 52.0
Gloucestershire 56.3
Hampshire 50.4
Hereford and Worcester 51.3

County Mid 1979 estimate
Hertfordshire 43.9
Humberside 52.5
Isle of Wight 84.1
Kent 59.7
Lancashire 62.9
Leicestershire 50.0
Lincolnshire 54.3
Norfolk 60.8
Northamptonshire 49.9
Northumberland 53.8
North Yorkshire 62.9
Nottinghamshire 51.0
Oxfordshire 43.5
Shropshire 55.8
Somerset 66.2
Staffordshire 43.6
Suffolk 56.2
Surrey 53.8
Warwickshire 43.9
West Sussex 82.8
Wiltshire 46.9
Greater London 61.2