§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the mortality rate from diabetes by county of birth in the last year. [40129]
§ Mr. HoramThe following table shows mortality rates for diabetes per county of residence in 1994, the latest figures available. Data by county of birth is not available centrally.
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Area Number of deaths Rate (per 100,000 of population) Greater London 717 10 Greater Manchester 313 12 Mersey 144 10 South Yorkshire 137 10 Tyne and Wear 118 10 West Midlands 379 0.14 West Yorkshire 246 12 Avon 126 13 Bedfordshire 53 10 Berkshire 75 10 Buckinghamshire 55 8 Cambridgeshire 77 11 Cheshire 97 10 Cleveland 55 10 Cornwall and Scilly Isles 91 19 Cumbria 53 11 Derbyshire 140 15 Devon 126 12 Dorset 82 12 Durham 70 12 East Sussex 87 12 Essex 200 13 Gloucestershire 60 11 Hampshire 146 9 Hereford and Worcester 65 9 Hertfordshire 71 7 Humberside 100 11 Isle of Wight 16 13
Area Number of deaths Rate (per 100,000 of population) Kent 197 13 Lancashire 181 13 Leicestershire 93 10 Lincolnshire 99 16 Norfolk 109 14 Northamptonshire 42 7 Northumberland 33 11 North Yorkshire 78 11 Nottinghamshire 159 15 Oxfordshire 53 9 Shropshire 39 9 Somerset 74 15 Staffordshire 103 10 Suffolk 89 14 Surrey 110 11 Warwickshire 60 12 West Sussex 89 12 Wiltshire 66 11 Clwyd 44 11 Dyfed 43 12 Gwent 65 14 Gwynedd 35 15 Mid-Glamorgan 69 13 Powys 18 15 South Glamorgan 33 8 West Glamorgan 34 9 Source:
Office of National Statics.