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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, July 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people under the age of 18 years have died of cardiovascular failure in each of the last 10 years. (288388)""The table attached provides the number of deaths of persons aged under 18 years, where cardiovascular disease was the underlying cause of death in England and Wales, from 1999 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 cardiovascular disease was the underlying cause of death¹,' persons aged under 18 years, England and Wales², 1999 to 2008³, 4'</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Number</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999</TD><TD>173</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000</TD><TD>172</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>159</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>139</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>163</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>143</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>145</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>177</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>171</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>155</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 390-459 for the years 1999 and 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes 100-199 from 2001 onwards.</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> |