HC Deb 19 October 1994 vol 248 cc236-7W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each standard age group died from asthma attacks in each of the past five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Sackville

The information requested is available in the Library—in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys series DH2 under*ICD 493. * International Classification of Diseases.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the mortality rates for asthma for each year since 1972 among(a) the whole population and (b) under 14-year-olds.

Mr. Sackville

The readily available information is shown in the table.Death rates from asthma (ICD[...] 493), England and Wales, 1972–1992

Deaths per 100,000 population
All ages under 15
1972 2.57 0.44
1973 2.44 0.46
1974 2.20 0.36
1975 2.39 0.32
1976 2.11 0.35
1977 2.19 0.48
Deaths per 100,000 population
All ages under 15
1978 2.32 0.40
1979 2.98 0.35
1980 2.98 0.39
1981 3.23 0.48
1982 3.18 0.44
1983 3.31 0.43
1984 3.54 0.40
1985 3.94 0.34
1986 3.97 0.27
1987 3.77 0.41
1988 3.97 0.40
1989 3.86 0.26
1990 3.65 0.39
1991 3.69 0.33
1992 3.49 0.20
*International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.