§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answers to the hon. Member for Dundee, East of 29 January, Official Report, columns 550–2 and 10 February, Official Report, columns 343–4, he will give figures to show, for the years 1975 to 1980 inclusive, the numbers of deaths in each year with a mention of hypothermia on the death certificate; and if he will break down the figures by age group and by month of the year.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
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Deaths with any mention of hypothermia, by age group and month, Scotland Under 25 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total 1975 January 1 — — 2 4 2 13 5 27 February — — — 1 1 6 8 3 19 March 2 — 1 1 4 4 9 3 24 April 2 — — — 1 2 4 2 11 May — — — — 3 3 6 1 13 June — — — 1 — — 1 — 2 July — — — — 1 — 1 — 2 August — — — — — 1 3 — 4 September — — — — — 2 1 — 3 October — 1 — — 1 3 4 — 9 November — — — 1 2 2 1 1 7 December — 1 — 2 3 6 8 9 29 Total 5 2 1 8 20 31 59 24 150 1976 January 1 — 1 1 7 5 4 — 19 February — 1 — 3 5 9 14 9 41 March 2 — 1 1 1 11 17 4 37 April — — — 1 1 2 6 2 12 May 1 — — — 1 3 4 2 11 June — — — — 1 2 1 2 6 July — — — — 1 1 — 1 3 August 1 — — — — — — 1 2 September — — — — — 3 4 1 8 October — — — — 1 — 4 2 7 November — — — 1 4 5 9 7 26 December 1 — 1 2 1 15 20 16 56 Total 6 1 3 9 23 56 83 47 228 1977 January 1 1 1 1 5 7 18 5 39 February — — — 1 — 7 12 3 23 March 1 — — — 1 2 9 4 17 April — — — — 2 2 4 2 10 May — — — — 1 3 1 3 8 June — — — — 1 1 — — 2 July — 1 — — — — — — 1 August — — — — — 1 2 — 3 September — — — — — — — 3 3 October — — — — — 1 2 1 4 November — — 2 — 1 5 7 5 20 December — 1 — 3 1 5 15 3 28 Total 2 3 3 5 12 34 70 29 158 1978 January — — 1 1 1 8 19 7 37 February 2 2 3 2 3 12 25 19 68 March — — — — — 1 4 3 8 April — 1 — — 1 1 6 2 11 May — — — 1 2 3 4 1 11 June — — — — 1 — 2 — 3 July — — — 1 2 1 4 1 9 August 3 1 — — — 1 1 1 7 September — — — 1 — — 3 — 4 October — — — 1 — 3 1 1 6 November — 1 1 — 3 2 5 3 15 December — — 2 1 4 6 10 3 26 Total 5 5 7 8 17 38 84 41 205 1979 January — — 3 4 8 24 29 18 86 February 1 — — 3 5 7 21 6 43 March — — — 1 1 10 12 6 30 April — 1 — 3 — 3 3 1 11 May — — — — — 3 3 1 7 June — — 1 — — — 1 — 2 July — — — — — 2 1 — 3
Under 25 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total August — 2 — — 2 1 1 1 7 September 1 — — 1 3 2 2 3 12 October — — — — 1 2 4 4 11 November 1 — 2 1 5 4 8 5 26 December — — 1 2 4 5 4 5 21 Total 3 3 7 15 29 63 89 50 259 1980 January 1 — — 1 6 11 21 4 44 February — — 2 1 1 5 6 5 20 March 2 1 2 — 2 5 13 5 30 April — — — — — 2 10 2 14 May 1 — — 1 — 2 2 — 6 June 1 — — — 1 3 2 — 7 July — — — — 1 1 — — 2 August — — — — — 2 1 — 3 September 1 — — — — 1 2 — 4 October 1 — — — 3 3 2 2 11 November 1 1 — 1 — 2 8 4 17 December — — — 2 5 10 18 6 41 Total 8 2 4 6 19 47 85 28 199