HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 cc217-8W
Mrs. Currie

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of death certificates on which salmonellosis is shown(a) as the main cause of death and (b) as a subsidiary cause of death, for the last five years.

Mr. Sackville

The number of deaths, main cause and subsidiary, from salmonella infections, other than typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, ICD 003 in England and Wales, for the last five years for which figures are available are shown in the table.1

Main cause Subsidiary
1987 52 23
1988 58 36
1989 61 23
1990 68 28
1991 62 26
1 Excluding neonatal deaths (0 to 27 days).

Forward to