§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths from hypothermia took place among(a) men aged 65 years and over and (b) women aged 60 years and over in each year from 1990, by region. [34178]
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 13 July 1995]: The information requested for 1993 is shown in the table. I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 25 November 1992, Official Report, columns 731–33, for information for the years 1990 and 1991, and to the reply that I gave him on 4 November 1993, Official Report, column 456 for 1992 information.
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Numbers of deaths which occurred in 1993 with a mention of hypothermia (ICD 991.61) on the death certificate by regional health authority of usual residence (including Wales), for: (1) males aged 65 years and over; and (2) females aged 60 years and over Regional health authority Males Females Northern 13 18 Yorkshire 7 25 Trent 14 18 East Anglian 15 17 North West Thames 11 16 North East Thames 15 25 South East Thames 14 21 South West Thames 4 13 Wessex 6 8 Oxford 7 13 South Western 6 16 West Midlands 18 27 Mersey 4 7 Northern Western 8 19 Wales 9 25 Total 151 268 1 ICD International Classification of Diseases: Ninth Revision.