§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the main causes of deaths of people between the ages of 12 and 21 years for the years 1979 to 1985; and if he will provide a breakdown by region.
Males Rank 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ENGLAND Road vehicle accidents E810–E819 1,378 1,412 1,033 1,301 1,203 1,187 Rem. of external causes of injury and poisoning E800–E999 521 491 863 600 606 636 Suicide and self-inflicted injury E950–E959 238 230 262 245 246 286 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 320–389 131 134 140 148 135 177 MN of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue 200–208 126 107 134 134 139 126 WALES Road vehicle accidents E810–E819 75 72 59 69 50 59 Rem. of external causes of injury and poisoning E800–E999 43 34 50 46 37 32 Suicide and self-inflicted injury E950–E959 13 17 12 16 27 22 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 320–389 15 12 10 10 13 6 MN of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue 200–208 11 8 6 6 10 9
Females Rank 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ENGLAND Road vehicle accidents E810–E819 266 295 226 315 271 271 Rem. of external causes of injury and poisoning E800–E999 162 171 226 175 147 146 MN of bone, connective tissue, skin and breast 170–175 43 42 44 49 38 46 Suicide and self-inflicted injury E950–E959 91 104 75 74 88 60 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 320–389 69 76 81 67 60 72 WALES Road vehicle accidents E810–E819 9 15 13 15 20 12 Rem. of external causes of injury and poisoning E800–E999 14 12 17 19 9 4 MN of bone, connective tissues, skin and bone 170–175 4 2 3 3 5 3 Suicide and self-inflicted injury E950–E959 4 6 3 3 1 2 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 320–389 8 2 4 7 5 3 Source: SD25S and cause reference runs.
MN= malignant neoplasm.
Rem.= remainder.
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§ Mr. John PattenInformation in the exact form requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the table shows the latest readily available figures. Broad groups of causes have been selected in order to give an overall view of mortality in this age-group. Different categorisation of causes could change the order of presentation.