§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many alcohol-related deaths there were in each year since 1980. [152822]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from L. Cook to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 5 February 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the number of alcohol-related deaths in each year since 1980. (152822)The table shows numbers of deaths certified as due to alcohol abuse, dependence and poisoning, and diseases directly related to alcohol use from 1980 to 2002, the latest year for which figures are currently available. Information on the part that alcohol may have played in deaths from other causes, including other accidents and violence, is not available from death certificates.1002W
Alcohol-related deaths1 in England and Wales, 1980 to 20022 Number of deaths 1980 2,575 1981 2,540 1982 2,476 1983 2,472 1984 2,647 1985 2,935 1986 2,933 1987 3,138 1988 3,278 1989 3,517 1990 3,594 1991 3,631 1992 3,553 1993 3,546 1994 3,821 1995 4,231 1996 4,455 1997 4,922 1998 5,272 1999 5,473
Alcohol-related deaths1 in England and Wales, 1980 to 20022 Number of deaths 2000 5,543 2001 6,020 2002 6,100 1 For the years 1980–2000 the cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). The codes used by ONS to define alcohol-related deaths are as follows: 291—Alcoholic psychoses 303—Alcohol dependence syndrome 305.0—Non-dependent abuse of alcohol 425.5—8Alcoholic cardiomyopathy 571—Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis E860—Accidental poisoning by alcohol. For the years 2001–2002 the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was used. To maintain comparability with earlier years the following codes were used: F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol 142.6—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy K70—Alcoholic liver disease K73—Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified K74—Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver X45—Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol. The selection of codes to define alcohol-related deaths is described in: Baker A. and Rooney C. (2003). Recent trends in alcohol-related mortality, and the impact of ICD-10 on the monitoring of these deaths in England and Wales. "Health Statistics Quarterly" 17, pp 5–14 2 Deaths registered in each calendar year.