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Mortality Rates

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 18 April 2006:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the mortality rates for (a) chronic lung disease, (b) cancer and (c) coronary heart disease were in (i) Cleethorpes constituency, (ii) Grimsby constituency, (iii) Scunthorpe constituency and (iv) Brigg and Goole constituency in (A) 1997 and (B) 2004. (62655)""Mortality rates for parliamentary constituencies cannot be provided for the years requested because population estimates are not available for these areas. Figures in the table below are provided for the local authorities which make up the requested constituencies. The figures for 1997 have been adjusted to take account of revisions to the International Classification of Diseases where appropriate."

Death ratesfrom chronic lung disease, cancer and coronary heart disease for the East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire local authorities,1997 and 2004.(46)
	Deaths per 100,000 population
	East Riding of Yorkshire			North East Lincolnshire			North Lincolnshire
	1997	2004	1997	2004	1997	2004
Chronic lung disease	34.6	25.6	23.0	19.8	21.4	16.1
Cancer	193.8	170.0	232.1	183.4	220.2	176.9
Coronary heart disease	153.7	107.9	200.4	115.4	173.5	99.4
(46) Rates per 100,000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.
(47) The causes of death for 2004 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10): Chronic lung disease (Chronic lower respiratory disease)—ICD-10 J40-J47 Cancer (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-10 COO-C97 Coronary heart disease—ICD-10120–125 Deaths were selected using the original underlying cause. The causes of death for 1997 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). The following codes were used: Chronic lung disease (Chronic lower respiratory disease)—ICD-9 490–494, 496 Cancer (malignant neoplasms)—ICD-9 140–208 Coronary heart disease—ICD-9 410–414 The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in England and Wales in 2001 means that data for chronic lung disease and cancer are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. The effect of the change in classification in 2001 on deaths from these causes is described in a report published in May 2002: Office for National Statistics. Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999. Health Statistics Quarterly 14 (2002), 75–83. For chronic lung disease (chronic lower respiratory disease) and cancer (malignant neoplasms) the introduction of ICD-10 caused an increase of 3.2 per cent. and 2.3 per cent. respectively in the number of deaths coded to these conditions in England and Wales. Deaths in 1997 from these causes have been adjusted to provide rates which are comparable with those for 2004.
(48) Usual residents of these areas. The local authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire comprises part of the Brigg and Goole constituency as well as parts of the constituencies of Beverley and Holderness, East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle. The local authority of North East Lincolnshire comprises part of the constituency of Cleethorpes and the whole of Great Grimsby constituency. The local authority of North Lincolnshire comprises the whole of Scunthorpe constituency and parts of the constituencies of Brigg and Goole and Cleethorpes. Deaths were assigned to these areas using the November 2005 All Fields Postcode Directory.
(49) Deaths registered in each calendar year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

62655; 445 c555-6W;445 c555-6W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Death Diseases Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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