HC Deb 23 May 1980 vol 985 c448W
Mr. Anthony Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average age of persons who died from hypothermia over the last five years; and what was the most common cause of death, other than hypothermia, of persons in the same period who died above that age.

Sir George Young

In the years 1974–78, in England and Wales, the average age of people with hypothermia mentioned at death registration was 74 years. At age 75 years and over, the cause to which most deaths were assigned was ischaemic heart disease.