§ 36. Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next plans to meet representatives of COSLA to discuss the funding of local government.
Deaths from head injuries, Scotland, 1980–91 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Fracture of Skull and face (ICD 800–804) Male 156 127 122 144 102 85 90 77 70 56 63 61 Female 42 38 44 34 43 34 33 34 16 21 23 23 Intracranial injury (excluding skull fracture) (ICD 850–854) Male 184 185 176 177 203 199 195 216 200 194 193 202 Female 79 68 57 67 68 69 67 81 59 93 65 65 The figures include those deaths coded to the World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision) codes 800–804 and 850–854. The General Register Office for Scotland uses only a restricted code list for nature-of-injury codes. Deaths from head injuries classified to ICD 9 codes such as 870–904 (laceration and open wound) and 910–929 (superficial injury, contusion and crushing with intact skin surface) are not included, but are likely to be few in number.