§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many suicides there have been in each of the three counties of Yorkshire and the Humberside farming community in each of the past four years. [39043]
§ Mr. BoswellDeaths from suicide in the Yorkshire and Humberside farming community in each of the past four years for which firm data are available are shown in the table.
North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Humberside 1989 1 — 2 3 1990 9 1 — 6 1991 5 2 2 2 1992 2 1 — — Suicide codes are ICD91 E950–E959 and E980–E989 excluding E988.8 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision Members of the farming community are defined as classification of occupation (1980) codes 107 (farm owners and managers), 166, 169 and 172 (farm workers, agricultural machinery drivers and operatives and all other occupations in farming) for the period 1989–90, and standard occupational classification codes 160 (farm owners and managers), 900, 901 and 902 (farm workers, agricultural machinery drivers and operatives and all other occupations in farming) for the period 1991–1992.
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