§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths from hypothermia occurred in Scotland in each month in the four years up to June 1996. [2380]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is given in the table.
Deaths where hypothermia1 was mentioned on the death certificate, Scotland January 1992 to June 1996 1992 1993 1994 1995 19962 Total 117 141 136 123 64 January 12 19 28 22 22 February 23 14 23 22 19 March 12 9 13 16 6 April 9 12 12 15 6 May 4 7 8 6 6 June 4 5 5 5 5 July 3 6 3 3 — August 1 2 4 1 — September 2 8 3 5 — October 14 7 8 1 — November 10 19 8 8 — December 23 33 21 19 — 1 World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes E901 (primary cause), 778.3, 780.8, 780.9, E901 (secondary cause). 2 Provisional.