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MRSA

Answer

Causes of death are classified by International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the current version of which does not have a specific code for MRSA. However statistics on deaths where MRSA was a contributing factor can be obtained by identifying deaths registered with specific conditions likely to be linked with MRSA and then checking whether MRSA was recorded on the death certificate.The following table gives the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, 2001-05, where MRSA was mentioned on the death certificate. The figures relate to all deaths where MRSA was mentioned on the death certificate, regardless of whether it was the primary cause of death or not. Figures are classified by place of death, which need not be the place of infection.

MRSA related deaths by place of death, 2001-05
Place of death	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005²
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust	1	7	1	4	4
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust	1	1	4	7	7
Causeway HSS Trust	1	1	1	—	3
Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust	1	7	2	5	9
Down Lisburn HSS Trust	—	—	2	2	4
Green Park HSS Trust	—	—	—	—	1
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust	—	3	3	1	6
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust	2	—	1	—	1
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust	2	1	2	4	6
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust	1	—	2	5	3
Ulster Community and Hospitals HSS Trust	6	4	1	2	8
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust	1	1	4	4	5
Other¹	1	1	7	10	12
Total	17	26	30	44	69
¹ Other place of death includes deaths in Nursing Homes or in the home.
² Provisional data.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

83964; 448 c1774W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Northern Ireland MRSA

Link

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