§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the excess winter death rate in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
Deaths in Scotland and Strathclyde by month, 1984–1993 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 (a) Strathclyde January 2,829 2,970 3,485 2,630 2,569 2,711 3,243 2,662 2,616 2,641 February 2,532 2,497 2,784 2,397 2,496 2,279 2,299 2,340 2,342 2,314 March 2,690 2,704 2,384 2,772 2,508 2,487 2,380 2,252 2,482 2,938 April 2,716 2,655 2,674 2,408 2,351 2,254 2,451 2,573 2,327 2,449 May 2,537 2,376 2,277 2,186 2,458 2,485 2,363 2,328 2,205 2,287 June 2,063 2,052 2,297 2,389 2,210 2,297 2,130 2,078 2,361 2,292 July 2,235 2,357 2,153 2,206 2,004 2,146 2,192 2,276 2,105 2,136 August 2,169 2,097 2,133 2,091 2,367 2,246 2,178 2,073 2,169 2,286 September 2,062 2,043 2,371 2,152 2,174 2,103 1,900 1,982 2,119 2,220 October 2,458 2,480 2,223 2,396 2,185 2,358 2,381 2,567 2,324 2,305 November 2,375 2,434 2,136 2,430 2,397 2,728 2,282 2,328 2,401 2,967 December 2,626 2,927 2,647 2,804 2,524 3,986 2,527 2,601 2,597 2,881 Total 29,292 29,592 29,564 28,861 28,243 30,080 28.326 28,060 28,048 29,716
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 (b) Scotland January 6,126 6,324 7,456 5,741 5,609 5,976 6,884 6,014 5,894 5,762 February 5,376 5,383 5,774 5,197 5,385 4,944 4,958 5,218 5,274 4,913 March 5,723 5,759 5,226 5,943 5,539 5,507 5,091 5,046 5,343 6,084 April 5,827 5,685 5,743 5,112 5,088 4,837 5,276 5,451 5,040 5,361 May 5,249 5,191 4,943 4,704 5,387 5,328 5,144 4,974 4,666 5,049 June 4,476 4,462 4,900 5,109 4,825 5,010 4,685 4,466 4,962 4,948 July 4,783 5,072 4,730 4,758 4,488 4,689 4,805 4,861 4,684 4,571 August 4,642 4,613 4,471 4,585 5,075 4,823 4,734 4,500 4,630 4,921 September 4,406 4,669 5,072 4,753 4,689 4,622 4,198 4,453 4,710 4,722 October 5,280 5,201 4,797 5,137 4,891 5,158 5,211 5,328 4,960 4,930 November 4,947 5,302 4,659 5,191 5,329 5,569 4,960 5,024 5,117 6,531 December 5,510 6,306 5,696 5,784 5,652 8,564 5,581 5,706 5,657 6,257 Total 62,345 63,967 63,467 62,014 61,957 65,017 61,527 61,041 60,937 64,049