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Written question asked by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 November 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 November 2005 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Fatality Statistics

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fatalities in Hertfordshire have been attributed to (a) fires and (b) road traffic accidents in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Michael Penning, dated 9 November 2005:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many fatalities in Hertfordshire have been attributed to (a) fires and (b) road traffic accidents in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (25573)""The most recent available information is for deaths in 2004. Figures for deaths due to land transport accidents and exposure to smoke, fire or flames, are shown in the attached table for each year from 1997 to 2004."

Deaths due to land transport accidents and exposure to smoke, fire, or flames, for normal residents of Hertfordshire, registered 1997 to 2004(9)
Land transport accidents Smoke, fire or flames
1997 68 11
1998 62 9
1999 59 4
2000 63 8
2001 36 5
2002 53 8
2003 60 1
2004 56 1
Land transport accidents: ICD-9-E800-E829 ICD-10-V01-V89 Smoke, fire or flames: ICD-9-E890-E899, E958.1, E968.0, E988.1 ICD-10-X00-X09, X76, X97, Y26. Includes deaths given a verdict of accident, assault, suicide or undetermined intent. Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause.
(9) Cause of death was defined using the codes below from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 and 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-l0) from 2001 onwards.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25573; 439 c501-2W;439 c501-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Death Accidents Fires Roads Hertfordshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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