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Written question asked by Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Monday, 30 November 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Injuries: Offensive Weapons

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women have been admitted to hospital with (i) stab wounds and (ii) gunshot wounds in each region in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

A table providing information on the number of finished admission episodes where the external cause code related to assaults by gunshot or sharp object has been placed in the Library. This excludes assault by gunshot and sharp object which are classified as accidents, intentional self-harm and for which the intent is undetermined. Reference should be made to the footnotes and the clinical coding when interpreting the data.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c540W; 301379
Session
2009-10
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-2976
Monday, 30 November 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Injuries Offensive weapons
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk