§ Mr. GallowayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures he has for the number of officially recorded(a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Scotland for (1) all persons of 18 years and over, (2) all persons aged 45 to 65 years, (3) all persons of 18 years and over who were unemployed at the date of suicide or the attempt and (4) all persons aged 45 to 65 years who were unemployed at the date of suicide or the attempt, in each case showing men and women separately.
§ Mr. FreemanThe figures for suicides in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Scotland for (1) all persons aged 18 years or over and (2) all persons aged 45 to 64 years are shown in the table. Information on the number of attempted suicides, and whether those people committing suicide were unemployed at time of death, is not available.
576Wtreatment and the numbers who have received transplants; and whether any regional health authorities impose age limits either for dialysis or for transplantation.
§ Mr. FreemanAccording to information provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, the number of patients alive on different forms of therapy on 31 December 1988, by English region, was as follows:
Number of deaths by suicide1 United Kingdom and Scotland, 1988 Age 18 + Age 45 to 64 Males Females Males Females United Kingdom 3,548 1,346 956 415 Scotland 418 167 122 45 1International classification of diseases, 9th revision, codes E950 to E959.