§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths due to hypothermia were recorded in each of the health authority regions in each of the last five years. [13381]
§ Mr. HoramThe information is shown in the table.
Number of deaths with a mention of hypothermia (ICD1 991.6) by health region of usual residence, 1990–1994 Health region 1990 1991 1992 19932 19942 Northern 17 29 16 37 27 Yorkshire 39 33 23 36 28 Trent 29 44 29 28 31 East Anglia 14 28 17 30 25 North-west Thames 28 37 28 30 24 North-east Thames 35 32 34 36 25 South-east Thames 29 41 24 33 20 South-west Thames 15 29 23 12 15 Wessex 21 25 19 14 16 Oxford 12 24 10 18 15 South Western 27 40 24 23 24 West Midlands 40 60 33 45 35 Mersey 11 15 10 10 9 North Western 21 25 21 28 28 Wales 22 34 18 32 22 Total 360 496 329 412 344 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. 2 Provisional.