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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 (a) men and (b) women aged (a) under 20, (b) between 21 and 30, (c) between 31 and 40, (d) between 41 and 50, (e) between 51 and 60 and (f) 61 years and above died from an underlying cause which was alcohol-related in each of the last 10 years. (284844)""The table attached provides the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause for (a) men and (b) women aged (i) under 21,¹ (ii) 21 - 30, (Hi) 31 - 40, (iv) 41 - 50, (v) 51 - 60 and (vi) 61 years and over, in England and Wales, from 1999 to 2008 (the latest year available).""¹ The specified age group 'under 20' has been amended to '20 and under' so as not to exclude deaths at age 20 from the table."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 1: Number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause¹, England and Wales², 1999 to 2008³,4</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Deaths</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>1999</TD><TD>2000</TD><TD>2001</TD><TD>2002</TD><TD>2003</TD><TD>2004</TD><TD>2005</TD><TD>2006</TD><TD>2007</TD><TD>2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>Males</TD><TD>Under 21</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>21-30</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>63</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>59</TD><TD>65</TD><TD>66</TD><TD>72</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>31-40</TD><TD>354</TD><TD>339</TD><TD>403</TD><TD>409</TD><TD>441</TD><TD>392</TD><TD>379</TD><TD>410</TD><TD>412</TD><TD>477</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>41-50</TD><TD>834</TD><TD>865</TD><TD>961</TD><TD>946</TD><TD>1,048</TD><TD>1,021</TD><TD>1,034</TD><TD>1,112</TD><TD>1,087</TD><TD>1,141</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>51-60</TD><TD>980</TD><TD>1,023</TD><TD>1,134</TD><TD>1,117</TD><TD>1,291</TD><TD>1,287</TD><TD>1,363</TD><TD>1404</TD><TD>1452</TD><TD>1471</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>61+</TD><TD>1,161</TD><TD>1,166</TD><TD>1,268</TD><TD>1,334</TD><TD>1,413</TD><TD>1,458</TD><TD>1,524</TD><TD>1,562</TD><TD>1,559</TD><TD>1,671</TD></TR><TR><TD>Females</TD><TD>Under 21</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>21-30</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>35</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>25</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>31-40</TD><TD>199</TD><TD>194</TD><TD>182</TD><TD>175</TD><TD>207</TD><TD>206</TD><TD>201</TD><TD>219</TD><TD>212</TD><TD>207</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>41-50</TD><TD>442</TD><TD>411</TD><TD>486</TD><TD>516</TD><TD>466</TD><TD>505</TD><TD>523</TD><TD>566</TD><TD>548</TD><TD>551</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>51-60</TD><TD>482</TD><TD>516</TD><TD>541</TD><TD>522</TD><TD>591</TD><TD>628</TD><TD>636</TD><TD>658</TD><TD>688</TD><TD>712</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>61+</TD><TD>751</TD><TD>794</TD><TD>815</TD><TD>851</TD><TD>865</TD><TD>899</TD><TD>865</TD><TD>929</TD><TD>971</TD><TD>1,006</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1999 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, are shown in the boxes below.</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><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Box 1. Alcohol-related causes of death—International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9)</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Cause of death</TD><TD>ICD-9 code(s)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic psychoses</TD><TD>291</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcohol dependence syndrome</TD><TD>303</TD></TR><TR><TD>Non-dependent abuse of alcohol</TD><TD>305.0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic cardiomyopathy</TD><TD>425.5</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic fatty liver</TD><TD>571.0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Acute alcoholic hepatitis</TD><TD>571.1</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver</TD><TD>571.2</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified</TD><TD>571.3</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chronic hepatitis</TD><TD>571.4</TD></TR><TR><TD>Cirrhosis of Over without mention of alcohol</TD><TD>571.5</TD></TR><TR><TD>Other chronic nonalcoholic liver disease</TD><TD>571.8</TD></TR><TR><TD>Unspecified chronic Over disease without mention of alcohol</TD><TD>571.9</TD></TR><TR><TD>Accidental poisoning by alcohol</TD><TD>E860</TD></TR></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Box 2. Alcohol-related causes of death— International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Cause of death</TD><TD>ICD-10 code(s)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol</TD><TD>F10</TD></TR><TR><TD>Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol</TD><TD>G31.2</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic polyneuropathy</TD><TD>G62.1</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic cardiomyopathy</TD><TD>142.6</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic gastritis</TD><TD>K29.2</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcoholic liver disease</TD><TD>K70</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified</TD><TD>K73</TD></TR><TR><TD>Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excl. Biliary cirrhosis)</TD><TD>K74 (excl.K74.3-K74.5)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis</TD><TD>K86.0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol</TD><TD>X45</TD></TR><TR><TD>Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol</TD><TD>X65</TD></TR><TR><TD>Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, undetermined intent</TD><TD>Y15</TD></TR></Table> |