§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate, for the past 10 years up to the most recent year for which figures are available, and broken down by region (a) the number of patients suffering from asthma, (b) the number of deaths from asthma and (c) the number of inhalers prescribed by type.
§ Mrs. CurrieI regret that I cannot give the hon. Member all the information in the form requested.
TABLE 1 Deaths from asthma (ICD No. 493) by region of usual place of residence, England, 1975–85 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 England 1,087 955 1,005 1,042 1,370 1,372 1,477 1,467 1,518 1,655 1,839 Northern 88 66 84 90 110 119 100 109 87 128 119 Yorkshire 54 64 82 77 84 117 83 96 108 132 128 Trent 85 83 80 80 139 119 134 148 124 147 196 East Anglian 46 35 37 49 63 64 67 86 93 81 86 North West Thames 92 68 75 69 113 73 98 103 130 101 119 North East Thames 75 74 83 72 78 102 126 106 124 120 147 South East Thames 97 82 87 80 97 105 143 107 139 130 140 South West Thames 75 74 56 70 91 94 109 97 81 99 131 Wessex 76 71 66 74 79 88 90 88 87 92 108 Oxford 49 54 50 44 76 50 69 54 58 76 99 South Western 84 58 74 72 109 98 96 111 102 130 120 West Midlands 108 96 104 108 146 161 169 175 175 199 200 Mersey 56 33 53 51 68 56 80 70 72 82 92 North Western 102 97 74 106 117 126 113 117 138 138 154 SourceOffice of Population, Censuses and Surveys.
Table 2 Estimated number of prescriptions for inhalations, metered dose aerosols, solid inhalers and vitrellae dispensed for the treatment of asthma in England Number of prescriptions Millions 1976 2.81 1977 3.19 1978 3.78 1979 4.40 1980 5.00 1981 5.98 1982 6.92 1983 7.99 1984 8.90 1985 10.06