§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many industrial disease deaths in Scotland occurred or were known in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested is not available. All deaths in Scotland, from whatever cause, 331W are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases and detailed tabulations are published in the annual report of the Registrar General for Scotland—see table C1.1— a copy of which is in the Library.
A list of prescribed industrial diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed is given in the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1980 SI 1980 No. 377. The diseases in the prescibed list cannot readily be related to the causes defined in the International Classification of Diseases, but, even if they could, many of the deaths from those causes would not be industrially related.
Death from selected causes, Scotland, 1975 to 1981 I.C.D. Nos. Cause of death 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 162 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (lung cancer) Males 2,915 3,011 2,806 2,998 3,105 2,961 2,997 Females 735 806 890 1,017 1,010 990 1,117 410–414 Ischaemic heart disease Males 10,321 10,531 10,305 10,801 10,488 10,050 10,272 Females 7,930 8,446 8,345 8,807 7,959 7,835 8,181 490–492 Bronchitis and emphysema Males 1,602 1,716 1,505 1,582 1,349 1,170 967 Females 596 592 581 624 486 388 398