§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drugs-related deaths occurred in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands for each year since 1990. [31094]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe number of drugs-related deaths' to residents of Coventry district health authority and West Midlands regional health authority for each year since 1990 are shown in the table.
Coventry West Midlands 1990 5 30 1991 1 26 1992 2 29 1993 1 33 1994 1 25 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision codes 304 (drug dependence) and 305.2–305.9 (non-dependent abuse of drugs). Deaths for 1992 and earlier years represent the number of deaths registered in each year, while deaths for 1993 and 1994 are deaths which occurred in these years. Also, new procedures for coding cause of death from 1993, and the absence of medical inquires, mean that figures for 1993 onwards may not be exactly comparable with earlier years. For most conditions, however, these effects are small. More details may be found in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys series DH2 for 1993, which was published in October 1995, a copy of which may be accessed by the House of Commons Library.