HC Deb 16 July 1985 vol 83 cc135-6W
Mr. Hancock

asked 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.

Mr. John Patten

Information 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.