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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths attributable to necrotizing fasciitis there were in each of the last five years. (285463)""The table attached provides the number of deaths where necrotizing fasciitis was the underlying cause of death, in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2008 (the latest year available)."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 1. Number of deaths where necrotizing fasciitis¹ was the underlying cause of death, in England and Wales², 2004 to 2008³, 4</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Persons (deaths)</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>70</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>79</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>65</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>87</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>92</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code M72.5 (Fasciitis, not elsewhere classified).</td></TR><TR><td>² Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents.</td></TR><TR><td>³ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.</td></TR><TR><td>4 Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |