§ Earl Russellasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which local authority areas have death rates more than 10 per cent above the national average. [HL509]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Earl Russell from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr T Holt, dated 17 January 2000.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question on which local authorities have death rates more than 10 per cent above the national average.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
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Local authorities with age-standardised mortality rates 10%or more above the figures for England and Wales Local Authority Mortality rate1 % greater than England and Wales Manchester MCD 983 30.6 Knowsley MCD 946 25.8 Liverpool MCD 946 25.8 Easington CD 939 24.8 Merthyr Tydfil UA 938 24.6 Salford MCD 927 23.3 Derwentside CD 927 23.2 Blyth Valley CD 919 22.1 Halton UA 917 21.9 Burnley CD 913 21.4 Blackburn with Darwen UA 912 21.3 Rochdale MCD 899 19.6 Gateshead MCD 898 19.4 Sunderland MCD 894 18.8 Oldham MCD 894 18.8 Middlesbrough UA 893 18.7 Tower Hamlets LB 891 18.4 Hyndburn CD 884 17.5 Hartlepool UA 882 17.2 Tameside MCD 877 16.6 Newham LB 877 16.5 Preston CD 876 16.5 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff UA 873 16.1 Wear Valley CD 871 15.8 Blaenau Gwent UA 869 15.6 Sandwell MCD 868 15.3 Sedgefield CD 867 15.2 South Tyneside MCD 866 15.2 Stoke-on-Trent UA 866 15.1 Copeland CD 865 15.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne MCD 865 15.0 Rossendale CD 863 14.7 Wansbeck CD 863 14.7 Blackpool UA 862 14.7
Local authorities with age-standardised mortality rates 10%or more above the figures for England and Wales Local Authority Mortality rate1 %greater than England and Wales Stockton-on-Tees UA 858 14.1 St Helens MCD 857 14.0 Barnsley MCD 856 13.9 Caerphilly UA 856 13.8 Corby CD 854 13.6 Barrow-in-Furness CD 854 13.6 Wigan MCD 854 13.5 Chesterfield CD 850 13.0 Barking and Dagenham LB 848 12.8 Darlington UA 848 12.8 Redcar and Cleveland UA 848 12.7 Southwark LB 844 12.2 Bolton MCD 842 12.0 Torfaen UA 841 11.8 Hackney LB 838 11.3 Wakefield MCD 837 11.3 Kingston upon Hull UA 835 10.9 Nottingham UA 834 10.9 Cannock Chase CD 834 10.9 Doncaster MCD 833 10.8 Nuneaton and Bedworth CD 831 10.5 Warrington UA 830 10.4 Lewisham LB 830 10.3 Islington LB 829 10.2 Neath Port Talbot UA 829 10.1 England and Wales 752 1 Rates per 100,000 per year, all ages 1991–98.