§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died of dystonia or dystonia-related complications in each of the last five years. [119833]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
47WLetter from John Kidgell to Mike Hancock, dated 2 May 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people have died of dystonia or dystonia-related complications in each of the last five years. I am replying in the Director's absence.Information on the numbers of death certificates on which dystonia was mentioned and the number for which it was the underlying cause is given in the Table below.
Deaths with a mention of dystonia1 occurring in 1994 to 1998, England and Wales Year of death Total mentions Dystonia as underlying cause 1998 20 9 1997 18 5 1996 17 5 1995 21 7 1994 10 2 1 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes 333.6, 333.7 and 333.8