HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 cc220-1W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths where hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate took place among(a) men aged 65 years and over and (b) women aged 60 years and over (i) for each month of 1994 by region and (ii) for each month of 1995 by region. [13265]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is given in the table:

Deaths where hypothermia1 was mentioned on the death certificate, by month and region in 1994 and 19952
Region January February March April May June July August September October November December Total
Fife 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Grampian 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
Highland 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lothian 4 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15
Strathclyde 6 4 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 4 25
Tayside 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 14 9 5 7 5 3 0 2 1 5 2 9 62
Males aged 65 years and over—1994;
Borders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Central 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fife 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Grampian 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Highland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lothian 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Strathclyde 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 16
Tayside 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 5 34
Females aged 60 years and over—19952
Borders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Central 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grampian 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Highland 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Lothian 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 11
Strathclyde 2 6 4 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 27
Tayside 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 10 7 8 4 3 1 0 4 0 4 11 58
Males aged 65 years and over—19952
Borders 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fife 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grampian 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Highland 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Lothian 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Strathclyde 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16
Tayside 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Isles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 9 6 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 35
1 World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes E901 (primary cause), 780.8,780.9, E901 (secondary cause)
1 1995 figures are still provisional.