HC Deb 13 November 1987 vol 122 cc363-5W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what have been the rates of suicide in the Huddersfield health area for every year since 1957;

Number of deaths and death rates per 100,000 population from suicide and self-inflicted injury1, United Kingdom, Yorkshire2 and Huddersfield2 1957–86
Area
United Kingdom Yorkshire2 Huddersfield2
Year Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
1957 5,786 11.724 3 3 21 16.46
1958 5,780 11.18 3 3 27 21.08
1959 5,701 11.98 3 3 20 15.56
1960 5,583 10.66 3 3 23 17.81
1961 5,682 11.76 3 3 26 20.01
1962 6,123 11.49 3 3 18 12.74
1963 6,247 11.65 408 12.96 24 18.20
1964 6,070 11.24 376 11.90 33 24.95
1965 5,646 11.39 347 11.92 19 14.36
1966 5,489 10.05 363 11.38 22 16.68
1967 5,201 9.46 347 10.84 20 15.14
1968 5,056 9.16 323 10.04 23 17.56
1969 4,779 8.62 324 10.06 14 10.72
1970 4,386 7.88 297 9.22 18 13.86
1971 4,376 7.83 287 8.88 10 7.66
1972 4,238 7.56 288 8.89 21 16.13
1973 4,313 7.67 272 8.37 15 11.53
1974 4,398 7.82 272 7.82 32 8.53
1975 4,176 7.43 234 6.54 24 6.40
1976 4,314 7.68 280 7.83 29 7.79
1977 4,468 7.95 273 7.64 28 7.43
1978 4,531 8.7 305 8.53 25 6.51
1979 4,765 8.47 350 9.79 40 10.55
1980 4,917 8.73 350 9.77 32 8.41
1981 5,025 8.91 306 8.52 31 8.21
1982 4,933 8.76 327 9.09 23 6.10
1983 4,926 8.74 310 8.62 21 9.83
1984 4,943 8.75 303 8.42 22 10.31
1985 5,105 9.02 315 8.75 16 7.53
1986 4,839 8.52 304 8.44 24 11.29
1 Suicide and self inflicted injury.
1957–67 E970–E979 International Classification of Diseases 7th Revision.
1968–86 E950–E959 ICD 8th and 9th Revision.
2 Figures for areas reflects available data:
Yorkshire
1960–62 No data available.
1963–73 Leeds Hospital Region.
1974–86 Yorkshire Regional Health authority.
Huddersfield
1957–73 Huddersfield County Borough.
1974–81 Kirklees Metropolitan County Borough.
1982–86 Huddersfield District Health Authority.
3 No data available.

Note: Kirklees MCD area is coterminous with that of the Huddersfield DHA.

Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many suicides have occurred involving patients discharged from mental hospitals in the Huddersfield health authority area since the Government's care in the community campaign began;

(2) what have been the rates of suicide in the Yorkshire regional health authority area in each year since 1960;

(3) what have been the rates of suicide in the United Kingdom in each year since 1960.

Mrs. Currie

The available information is shown in the table. Because of changes in boundaries and administrative areas, figures for Huddersfield from 1957 to 1973 and for Yorkshire regional health authority from 1963 to 1973 are not comparable with those for later years.

(2) how many suicides have occurred involving patients discharged from mental hospitals in the Yorkshire regional health authority area since the Government's care in the community campaign began ;

(3) how many suicides have occurred involving patients discharged from mental hospitals in the United Kingdom since the Government's care in the community campaign began.

Mrs. Currie

I regret that it is not possible to identify former in-patients of psychiatric hospitals from the registration of deaths.

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