§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of deaths of those aged 60 years or above, registered in each week, in each region, since the beginning of November 1995 until the most recent week. [10553]
§ Mr. HoramOffice of Population Censuses and Surveys' weekly death figures are a best estimate of the number of deaths registered over the whole of England and Wales. A regional analysis is not available for the most recent weeks. The latest available regional data are for the last week of 1995.
The provisional numbers of deaths of those aged 60 years or over, registered in each week, in each health region of residence, from the beginning of November to the end of December 1995, are shown in the table.
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Total weekly death registrations of those age 60 and over by health region of residence, November and December 1995 Weekly death registrations. Week ending: Health region of residence 3 November 1995 10 November 1995 17 November 1995 24 November 1995 1 December 1995 8 December 1995 15 December 1995 22 December 1995 29 December 1995 North Western 822 852 919 916 881 928 1,017 1,089 905 Wales 571 591 622 648 688 659 694 779 737 Others1 46 70 62 80 126 139 121 197 195 Total 9,271 9,604 9,839 10,336 10,550 10,668 11,668 12,557 11,210 1Other includes deaths to non-residents of England and Wales and deaths which have not yet been coded.