§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the mortality rates for asthma for each of the last five years, broken down by ethnic origin.
§ Mr. SackvilleData on asthma deaths by ethnic origin are not available centrally.
The mortality rates for asthma for the last five years for which data are available are shown in the table:
Mortality rates1 for asthma (1CD 2 code 493), England and Wales, 1988–92 Year Rates 1988 4.0 1989 3.9 1990 3.6 1991 3.7 1992 3.5 1 Deaths per 100,000 population. 2 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of cases of asthma reported in each family health service authority for each of the last five years, broken down by ethnic origin.
§ Mr. SackvilleData on newly diagnosed episodes of asthma are not available by ethnic origin or family health services authority. Aggregated data from returns submitted to the Birmingham research unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners are available in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys annual reference volume, "Communicable Diseases—Series MB2", copies of which are available in the Library. The latest data published are for the year 1992.