HL Deb 31 March 1994 vol 553 cc71-2WA
Lord Kilbracken

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many deaths have occurred among civilians in Northern Ireland, year by year and county by county, over the most recent 10-year period for which records are available, as a result of:

  1. (a) terrorism,
  2. (b) traffic accidents,
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  4. (c) AIDS and
  5. (d) other causes;
and how many of the AIDS victims were
  1. (a) male homosexuals,
  2. (b) drug abusers,
  3. (c) blood recipients,
  4. (d) partners of the above and
  5. (e) others.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)

The information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Available information on deaths for the period 1984 to 1993 is shown in the table below.

Deaths
Year (a) Terrorism (b) Road traffic accidents (c) AIDS (d) Other causes
1984 36 189 15,467
1985 25 177 1 15,752
1986 37 238 15,790
1987 66 214 1 15,053
1988 54 178 1 15,580
1989 39 181 7 15,617
1990 49 185 9 15,183
1991 75 185 5 14,831
1992 76 150 2 14,760
1993 70 143 4 15,416

Death from AIDS
Number
Sexual intercourse between men 19
Sexual intercourse between men and women 5
Injecting drug use 0
Blood or blood product 4
Other/undetermined 2