Steroid Treatment (Deaths) (Hansard, 12 February 1996)

HC Deb 12 February 1996 vol 271 cc458-9W 459W

§ Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have died as a result of steroid treatment in each of the last five years. [14059]

§ Mr. Horam
Deaths in England and Wales due to adrenal cortical steroids—ICD1 E932.0—causing adverse effects in therapeutic use, as an underlying or secondary cause of death²

Underlying cause Secondary cause Total

1988 0 9 9

1989 0 9 9

1990 1 9 10

1991 1 7 8

1992 0 5 5

¹ International Classification of diseases, 9th Revision.

² Does not include adverse effects from androgens and anabolic congeners (ICD E932.1) or ovarian hormones

	Underlying cause	Secondary cause	Total
1988	0	9	9
1989	0	9	9
1990	1	9	10
1991	1	7	8
1992	0	5	5
¹ International Classification of diseases, 9th Revision.
² Does not include adverse effects from androgens and anabolic congeners (ICD E932.1) or ovarian hormones