Winter Deaths

HC Deb 11 March 1993 vol 220 cc714-5W

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of excess winter deaths in Scotland in each year since 1987.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 10 March 1993]: The information available is given in the table.

Number of deaths by quarter, Scotland, 1987–92
Year (Quarters)	Number of deaths
1987 1	16,881
2	14,925
3	14,096
4	16,112
1988 1	16,533
2	15,300
3	14,252
4	15,872
1989 1	16,427
2	15,165
3	14,134
4	19,291
1990 1	16,933
2	15,105
3	13,737
4	15,752
1991 1	16,278
2	14,891
3	13,814
4	16,058
1992 1	16,510
2	14,673
3	14,030
4	15,732

The 1992 figures are still provisional.