§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of deaths linked with hypothermia in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Greater London and (f) Sutton and Cheam for each of the last five years for those aged (i) 60 to 64 years, (ii) 65 to 79 years, (iii) over 80 years and (iv) all ages. [98351]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 11 November 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking for the number of deaths linked with hypothermia.Because of time constraints, figures are provided only for England and Wales.These are given in the table.
Deaths where hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate as the main or contributory cause of death, England & Wales, years of occurrence, 1994–1998 Year of death All ages 0–59 60–64 65–79 80+ 1994 345 49 10 100 186 1995 338 46 9 91 192 1996 414 51 7 112 244 1997 357 52 14 98 193 1998 352 54 14 102 182
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list excess winter mortality rates in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Greater London and (f) Sutton and Cheam for each of the last five years in terms of (i) numbers and (ii) percentages for those aged (1) 60 to 64 years, (2) 65 to 79 years, (3) over 80 years and (4) all ages. [98352]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 11 November 1999:
783WAs Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking for excess winter mortality rates.
Because of time constraints, figures are only provided for England and Wales and are also only available for age-groups which are slightly different from those requested.
These are given in the table below.
Excess Winter Mortality by age, England and Wales, 1993–94 to 1997–98 Year 0–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total 1993–4 2,116 4,164 9,291 10,330 25,900 1994–5 2,200 5,487 9,703 9,905 27,295 1995–06 2,900 7,073 14.367 15,855 40,194 1996–07 3,040 6,969 17,537 20,140 47,685 1997–08 1,698 4,203 7,869 9,130 22,899
Excess winter deaths are defined as the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding autumn (August to November) and the following summer (April to July).