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Deaths: Mesothelioma

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated April 2012:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people have died of mesothelioma in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 2005. [103720]""Table 1 provides the number of deaths where the underlying cause of death was mesothelioma in (a) Jarrow parliamentary constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority, (c) the North East and (d) England between 2005 and 2010 (the latest year available).""The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes regular reports on mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease incidence and mortality, which include information on estimates of the future burden of deaths caused by mesothelioma in Great Britain. Further information is available at:""www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/asbestos.htm"

Table 1. Number of deaths where mesothelioma was the underlying cause in England, the North East region, South Tyneside local authority and Jarrow parliamentary constituency, 2005-10¹, ², ³
Deaths (persons)
Area	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
England	1,666	1,730	1,768	1,860	1,980	1,982
North East region	116	144	100	162	157	170
South Tyneside local authority	10	8	7	18	17	15
Jarrow parliamentary constituency	8	6	4	9	12	13
¹ Underlying cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C45 Mesothelioma.
² Figures are based on boundaries as of February 2012 and exclude deaths of non-residents.
³ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

103720; 543 c410-1W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Death Mesothelioma

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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