HC Deb 16 November 1992 vol 214 cc94-5W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing, for men aged 65 years and over and women aged 60 years and over, the number of deaths from hypothermia in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the United Kingdom for each year since 1987.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Number of deaths with mention of hypothermia on the death certificate for males aged 65 years and over and females aged 60 years and over in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) United Kingdom for the years 1987 to 1991.
Males aged 65 + Females aged 60 +
1987
United Kingdom 199 387
Lancashire 2 14
Pendle 0 0
1988
United Kingdom 169 317
Lancashire 3 9
Pendle 0 0
1989
United Kingdom 152 307
Lancashire 6 6
Pendle 0 0
1990
United Kingdom 164 282
Lancashire 5 4
Pendle 0 0
1991
United Kingdom 188 363
Lancashire 5 7
Pendle 0 0