§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many excess winter deaths have occurred in each year since 1979; and what the provisional figures for the winter of 2000–01 are. [9813]
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§ Ruth KellyThe information falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. David Willetts, dated 24 October 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the number of excess winter deaths since 1979 and for the provisional figures for 2000–01 (9813). I am replying in his absence.The attached table shows these figures. Figures for 2000–2001 are provisional.
Excess winter deaths1, all ages, all causes, England and Wales, 1979–2000, 2000–012 Winter (December to March) Number of deaths 1979–80 330,110 1980–81 332,900 1981–82 342,380 1982–83 342,820 1983–84 330,240 1984–85 347,380 1985–86 349,330 1986–87 326,370 1987–88 332,970 1988–89 321,160 1989–90 347,200 1990–91 337,940 1991–92 334,850 1992–93 325,650 1993–94 325,900 1994–95 327,290 1995–96 340,190 1996–97 347,680 1997–98 322,900 1998–99 346,840 1999–2000 348,440 2000–01 425,000 1 Excess winter deaths are defined by the Office for National Statistics as the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths the preceding autumn (August to November) and the following summer (April to July) 2 Provisional 3 Rounded to the nearest 10 4 Provisional, rounded to the nearest 100