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Diabetes: Death

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years for which information is available. I am replying in her absence.""(161090)""The attached table provides the number of deaths where diabetes (i) was the underlying cause of death and (ii) was mentioned on the death certificate, either as the underlying cause or as a contributing factor, in (a) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, (b) Essex county and (c) England and Wales, for 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available)."

Table 1: Number of deaths from diabetes,¹' ² Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county³, and England and Wales4, 2002-065
Deaths (persons)
	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	England and Wales
	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention
2002	25	77	178	614	6,183	25,954
2003	15	72	140	571	6,312	27,015
2004	24	77	131	585	5,846	26,618
2005	17	64	138	601	5,652	27,913
2006	17	65	143	670	5,491	28,728
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E10-E14 (diabetes mellitus). ² Figures shown as 'any mention' (column ii) include those where diabetes was recorded as the underlying cause (column (i)). ³ Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. 4 Based on boundaries as of 2007. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. 5 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

161090; 465 c894W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Death Diabetes

Link

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