HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 c313W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 29 June,Official Report, column 587–88, what assessment her Department has made as to the reasons for the increase in deaths from aortic aneurysms between 1988 and 1992.

Mr. Sackville

The disease is found predominantly among men aged 65 to 75. The number of men in that age group increased by 31,000 between 1988 and 1992.