§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the ratio of deaths of those aged 60 years or above, occurring in December to March relative to the average figures for the following and preceding four months, by region, for each of the past five years; and if he will indicate the number of deaths involved in each case. [10552]
§ Mr. Horam[holding answer 23 January 1996]The information is shown in the table.
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Table 1: Excess winter deaths ratio1, 1990–952, for those aged 60 and over by health region of usual residence Health region of usual residence 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Northern 1.18 1.24 1.15 1.16 1.15 Yorkshire 1.24 1.26 1.16 1.20 1.17 Trent 1.23 1.25 1.17 1.19 1.18 East Anglian 1.26 1.19 1.18 1.22 1.18 North-West Thames 1.22 1.23 1.15 1.13 1.19 North-East Thames 1.21 1.23 1.16 1.20 1.19 South-East Thames 1.23 1.21 1.15 1.17 1.16 South-West Thames 1.24 1.22 1.18 1.12 1.18 Wessex 1.25 1.19 1.16 1.14 .18 Oxford 1.24 1.19 1.14 1.17 .17 South Western 1.25 1.22 1.13 1.15 1.17 West Midlands 1.26 1.21 1.16 1.14 1.14 Mersey 1.26 1.19 1.16 1.11 1.18 North Western 1.24 1.23 1.17 1.13 1.15 Wales 1.24 1.20 1.15 1.10 1.16 1Ratio of deaths occurring in December to March relative to the average figures for the following and preceding four months. 2Data for 1993–95 are provisional.
Table 2: Death occurrences, 1990–951, for those aged 60 and over, by health region of usual residence Health region of usual residence August to November 1990 December 1990 to March 1991 April to July 1991 August to November 1991 December1991 to March 1992 April to July 1992 August to November 1992 December 1992 to March 1993 Northern 10,134 12,115 10,352 10,397 12,624 9,921 10,276 11,743 Yorkshire 11,255 13,946 11,298 11,312 13,884 10,777 11,341 13,218 Trent 14,317 17,751 14,486 14,024 17,556 14,061 14,518 17,064 East Anglian 6,154 7,189 6,237 6,313 7,539 6,396 6,144 7,376 North-West Thames 8,853 10,893 9,015 8,948 10,921 8,833 8,886 10,074 North-East Thames 10,661 12,820 10,479 10,597 12,815 10,294 10,390 12,158 South-East Thames 11,581 14,360 11,742 11,600 13,995 11,551 11,814 13,624 South-West Thames 9,191 11,460 9,248 9,104 11,062 8,992 9,046 10,724 Wessex 9,325 11,663 9,268 9,312 11,107 9,286 9,303 11,121 Oxford 5,970 7,542 6,230 6,180 7,342 6,169 6,346 7,186 South Western 10,560 13,444 10,939 10,942 13,163 10,680 11,068 12,488 West Midlands 15,194 19,225 15,428 15,253 18,377 15,175 15,597 17,970 Mersey 7,321 9,466 7,689 7,573 9,015 7,529 7,510 8,806 North Western 12,901 16,277 13,265 12,917 15,906 12,865 12,973 15,335 Wales 9,330 11,613 9,419 9,249 11,191 9,348 9,459 11,068
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April-July 1993 August-November 1993 December 1993–March 1994 April-July 1994 August-November 1994 December 1994-March 1995 April-July 1996 Northern 10,229 10,980 11,828 9,399 9,381 10,965 9,753 Yorkshire 11,423 12,010 13,931 11,184 11,229 13,149 11,200 Trent 14,629 15,668 17,836 14,370 14,235 17,022 14,621 East Anglian 6,372 6,703 8,790 7,683 7,571 8,972 7,637 North-West Thames 8,660 9,124 9,322 7,353 7,385 8,844 7,483 North-East Thames 10,487 11,043 12,796 10,309 10,521 12,482 10,433 South-East Thames 11,971 12,378 14,105 11,694 11,623 13,605 11,818 South-West Thames 9,070 10,009 10,772 9,218 9,030 10,748 9,114 Wessex 9,939 10,381 11,496 9,841 9,610 11,577 9,986 Oxford 6,289 6,569 7,542 6,317 6,139 7,321 6,328 South Western 10,976 11,961 13,125 10,929 10,776 12,848 11,250 West Midlands 15,474 16,938 18,374 15,262 15,517 17,976 16,012 Mersey 7.611 8,479 8,899 7,532 7,500 8,827 7,410 North Western 13,169 14,465 15,726 13,358 13,565 15,457 13,358 Wales 9,791 10,749 11,218 9,672 9,438 11,108 9,795 1Data for 1993–95 are provisional.