§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people died of hypothermia other than when engaged in outdoor pursuits in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
Lord James Douglas Hamilton[holding answer 6 February 1995]It is not possible to identify those
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§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 6 February 1995]There is no universally accepted definition of excess winter deaths and it would not be possible to calculate a rate for these. The total numbers of deaths by month are given in the table.
hypothermia deaths where the deceased had been engaged in outdoor pursuits.
Numbers are already published regularly—in the Registrar-General's four-weekly "Vital Statistics Return", available in the Library—of total deaths with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate. Figures for Scotland and Strahtclyde are given.
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Deaths with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, 1984 to 1993. Strathclyde and Scotland: 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 (a) Strathclyde 73 90 101 80 72 68 67 43 47 64 (b) Scotland 175 231 208 153 138 150 136 99 115 141