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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 there were where pressure ulcers were listed on the death certificate as a contributory cause of death in each region in each of the last five years. (287683)""The attached table provides the number of deaths where pressure ulcer was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, for government office regions in England, for 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 with any mention of pressure ulcer on the death certificate¹, Government office regions², England, 2004-08³,4</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Deaths (persons)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Region</TD><TD>2004</TD><TD>2005</TD><TD>2006</TD><TD>2007</TD><TD>2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>North East</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>68</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>71</TD><TD>44</TD></TR><TR><TD>North West</TD><TD>138</TD><TD>160</TD><TD>139</TD><TD>143</TD><TD>160</TD></TR><TR><TD>Yorkshire and the Humber</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>79</TD><TD>78</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>64</TD></TR><TR><TD>East Midlands</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>85</TD><TD>74</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>86</TD></TR><TR><TD>West Midlands</TD><TD>127</TD><TD>141</TD><TD>122</TD><TD>125</TD><TD>107</TD></TR><TR><TD>East of England</TD><TD>122</TD><TD>122</TD><TD>128</TD><TD>136</TD><TD>102</TD></TR><TR><TD>London</TD><TD>103</TD><TD>114</TD><TD>142</TD><TD>140</TD><TD>126</TD></TR><TR><TD>South East</TD><TD>132</TD><TD>137</TD><TD>133</TD><TD>148</TD><TD>155</TD></TR><TR><TD>South West</TD><TD>59</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>68</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>73</TD></TR><TR><TD>England</TD><TD>875</TD><TD>981</TD><TD>935</TD><TD>996</TD><TD>917</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code L89 (Decubitus ulcer, bedsore, plaster ulcer or pressure ulcer) where it appeared anywhere on the death certificate.</td></TR><TR><td>² Based on boundaries as of 2009.</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> |