§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state for each year from 1970 to the latest available date the following total numbers for the United Kingdom and the Northern region, respectively (a) population, (b) deaths, (c) deaths from cardio vascular-renal disease, (d) suicides, (e) deaths from cirrhosis of the liver and (f) the number of mental hospital admissions.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information requested in parts(a) to (e) of the hon. Member's question is shown in the following tables I and II respectively.
Tables III and IV show admissions to mental illness hospitals and units. This does not include admissions to mental handicap hospitals and units or to the special hospitals. The figures in table III are for England only because the Department does not collect such data for Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland. On this basis, the relevant information is as follows:
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Deaths by cause and midyear estimates of population, 1970–80 United Kingdom Deaths—Eighth Revision 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 *1980 Ninth,Revision All Causes 655,382 645,078 673,939 669,692 667,359 662,477 680,779 655,285 667,177 675,577 661,501 All Causes Diseases of the circulatory 333,879 336,342 350,567 347,251 346,174 342,592 343,649 334,864 340,372 342,144 332,059 Diseases of circulatory system System Active rheumatic fever 25 30 33 51 48 45 54 54 37 8 9 Active rheumatic fever Chronic rheumatic heart 8,217 7,734 7,464 6,847 6,703 6,626 6,495 6,411 6,254 3,902 3,650 Chronic rheumatic heart disease disease Hypertensive disease 11,279 10,394 10,316 9,832 9,460 8,952 8,470 8,107 7,677 7,240 6,251 Hypertensive disease Ischaemic heart disease 161,365 165,287 175,509 175,544 176,991 177,392 180,813 179,465 184,819 179,070 177,081 Ischaemic heart disease Other forms of heart 32,565 31,880 32,608 31,875 30,994 30,304 30,069 27,493 27,582 41,106 38,838 Diseases of pulmonary circulation and other forms of disease heart disease Cerebrovascular disease 91,691 92,418 94,872 93,384 91,503 89,334 87,547 84,587 84,971 86,319 82,804 Cerebrovascular disease Nephritis and nephrosis 2,742 2,828 3,057 3,018 3,322 3,451 3,523 3,568 3,796 5,006 5,099 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis Suicide and other self- 4,386 4,376 4,238 4,313 4,398 4,177 4,314 4,468 4,531 4,765 4,868 Suicide and self-inflicted injury inflicted injuries Cirrhosis of liver 1,671 1,836 1,976 2,134 2,149 2,208 2,289 2,220 2,364 2,676 2,688 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Population (thousands) 55,421 55,610 55,781 55,913 55,922 55,910 55,886 55,852 55,835 55,881 55,945 *Provisional
Note: Number of deaths for 1979 and 1980 are based on the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases and, therefore, may not be comparable with those for earlier years.
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Deaths by cause and mid year estimates of population, 1970–80 North Standard Region Deaths—Eighth Revision 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Ninth Revision All Causes 40,167 39,124 41,584 41,595 39,141 38,314 40,404 38,296 38,593 39,404 38,916 All causes Diseases of the circulatory 21,124 20,880 22,072 21,700 20,354 19,866 20,613 19,609 19,791 20,103 19,508 Diseses of circulatory system System Active rheumatic fever — 2 1 3 4 4 2 — 1 — — Active rheumatic fever Chronic rheumatic heart 474 438 445 350 403 356 342 346 368 222 198 Chronic rheumatic heart disease disease Hypertensive disease 600 512 568 496 444 421 408 380 378 337 348 Hypertensive disease Ischaemic heart disease 10,608 10,968 11,553 11,529 10,942 10,697 11,369 10,993 11,188 11,124 10,887 Ischaemic heart disease Other forms of heart 1,696 1,669 1,825 1,709 1,519 1,466 1,486 1,353 1,362 1,986 1,828 Diseases of pulmonary circulation and other forms of heart disease disease Cerebrovascular disease 6,103 5,742 5,982 5,874 5,432 5,312 5,257 5,305 4,985 7,092 4,997 Cerebrovascular disease Nephritis and nephrosis 180 195 180 176 197 221 227 210 232 258 283 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis Suicide and other self- 246 243 223 259 243 215 251 256 241 259 276 Suicide and self-inflicted injury infilicted injury Cirrhosis of liver 109 121 151 128 118 134 139 154 135 158 170 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Population (thousands) 3,134 3,138 3,136 3,132 3,131 3,127 3,124 3,116 3,099 3,087 3,082 Notes:
1. Numbers of deaths for 1979 and 1980 are based on the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases and, therefore, may not be comparable with those for earlier years.
2. Populations for the period 1970–1980 relate to the region as constituted in 1974. It is not possible, however, to adjust the numbers prior to 1974 and figures for 1970–73 relate to the region as constituted at that time.
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All admissions to NHS Mental Illness Hospitals and Units in England, 1970–79 Persons: All ages 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 172,931 173,230 175,152 174,171 170,827 175,111 178,841 175,422 *171,914 *169,310 Table IV
Alt admissions to NHS Mental Illness Hospitals and Units in Northern RHA.†1970–79 Persons: All ages 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11,480 11,161 11,616 11,560 11,550 12,268 12,760 11,917 *11,620 *11,923 *The figures for 1978 and 1979 should be regarded as provisional because they are subject to correction until formally published.
†The data for 1970–73 relate to the old Newcastle regional health board; the data for 1974–79 relate to the Northern region health authority.
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