§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the comparative mortality rate per million of the population of death from notifiable industrial diseases, death from crimes of violence, death from radiation, death from road accidents and death from smoking for the latest available year.
§ Sir George YoungThe mortality rates per million population for Great Britain in 1978 were as follows:
(a) Deaths from notifiable industrial diseases 0.02 (b) Deaths from homicides 12.7 (c) Deaths from radiation 0.06 (d) Deaths from road accidents 126 Source:
- (a) Health and Safety Executive.
- (b) and (c) Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and General Register Office for Scotland.
- (d) Department of Transport.
The precise contribution of smoking to mortality is not known, but the annual number of premature deaths due specifically to smoking-related diseases has been estimated at 50,000 in the United Kingdom. This gives an approximate rate of 900 per million population.