§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the five main causes of death in each of the last five years for women aged 35 to 54 years indicating the numbers involved in each case. [45809]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe top five causes of death were not quite identical in each of the five years, as is shown in the table.
Deaths, females aged 35 to 54 years ICD9 code1 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Malignant neoplasm of female breast 1,749 244 261 227 220 229 Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung 1,629 105 110 114 116 104 Acute myocardial infarction 4,109 102 92 96 75 95 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri 1,809 56 46 44 36 41 Malignant neoplasm of ovary 1,830 49 66 53 52 49 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 4,309 49 56 42 32 54 Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified 5,713 20 35 47 52 54 1World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases—ninth revision