§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) kidney transplants were carried out and (b) persons died from kidney disease during 1978, 1979, 1980 and to the latest available date in 1981.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information for England is as follows:
1978 1979 1980 1981 Deaths from kidney disease 5, 858 5, 797 5, 710 *1, 530 Transplants 721 644 729 662 *provisional figure—first quarter only. Note:
The International Classification of Diseases Code was revised with effect from 1979; figures before that date are therefore not strictly comparable with those for later years.