§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the average death rates allowing for age and sex standardisation for(a) all causes, (b) coronary heart disease, (c) stroke and (d) cancer, for each ward in the Crosby parliamentary constituency and for the City of Liverpool as a whole in the last year for which figures are available. [116674]
§ 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 Mrs. Curtis-Thomas, dated 30 March 2000:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the average death rates for each ward in the Crosby parliamentary constituency and for the City of Liverpool as a whole.The attached table shows indirectly standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for all causes of death, coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer, for each ward (as constituted at the time of the 1991 Census) that lies wholly in Crosby parliamentary constituency, in the years 1991–1993, based on populations from the 1991 Census. Comparable figures are also provided for Liverpool metropolitan county district (based on 1991 boundaries).We have provided indirectly standardised ratios rather than European standardised rates as the latter do not incorporate sex standardisation and are likely to be less accurate for small numbers of deaths by cause in each ward.An SMR is defined as the ratio of the observed deaths in a given population over the expected deaths in that population if it experienced the age-specific death rates of a standard population (in this case the United Kingdom). The SMR for the UK is 100. Values greater than 100 indicate higher than average mortality and values lower than 100 indicate lower than average mortality.
Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) by ward and cause of death1—1991–93 Wards in Crosby parliamentary constituency and Liverpool MCD Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) Wardcode All causes Coronary heart disease Stroke Cancer Wards in Crosby Blundellsands CAFC 117 109 134 113 Church CAFE 140 122 131 150 Harington CAFJ 92 95 74 94 Manor CAFN 96 108 85 106 Ravenmeols CAFW 90 98 87 96 Victoria CAFZ 96 100 87 113 Liverpool metropolitan county district 105 103 99 110 1Cause of death is based on the underlying cause, using the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Coronary Heart Disease: 410–414 Stroke: 430–438 Cancer: 140–208