HC Deb 02 November 1995 vol 265 cc406-7W
Sir Michael Shersby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, how the number of cases of mesothelioma and asbestosis reported in the London borough of Hillingdon exceeds the average figure for England as a whole during the past 25 years; and if he will publish the number of such cases reported for(a) Hillingdon and (b) England as a percentage of the population. [41074]

Sir Paul Beresford

The Health and Safety Executive maintains registers of deaths in Great Britain for which mesothelioma or asbestosis are mentioned on the death certificate. Mesothelioma and asbestosis crude death rates per million population for males and females are given for the London borough of Hillingdon and for England as a whole in the tables.

Mesothelioma
Year of death Crude death rate per million population
Hillingdon England
Males
1976–79 15 11
1980–83 11 15
1984–87 33 22
1988–91 43 29
Females
1976–83 3.2 3.0
1984–91 4.2 4.0
Asbestosis
Crude rate per million population
Year of death Hillingdon England
Males
1978–91 16 7.7
Females
1978–91 0.60 0.75

The mesothelioma register records a geographical code for area of usual residence at death from 1976 onwards, and the absestos register from 1978 onwards. The latest year for which complete data is available in 1991.

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