§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the death rate per 100,000 due to suicide and undetermined injury was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [27402]
§ Ruth KellyThe information falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
250WLetter from John Kidgell to Dr. Liam Fox, dated 15 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question concerning the death rate per 100,000 due to suicide and undetermined injury in each of the last five years for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence. (27402)The figures requested are given in the table below:
Calendar year Death rate per 100,000 persons 1996 9.4 1997 9.5 1998 9.8 1999 9.8 2000 9.3 Note:
Suicide and undetermined injury is defined by ONS using the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision: E950-E959, E980-E989, excluding E988.8.
Source:
ONS