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Welsh Office

Answer

Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what have been the excess winter mortality rates in Wales for each of the past 10 years in terms of (a) excess numbers and (b) percentages for (i) people over the age of 65 years, (ii) single parent families, (iii) people in receipt of income support, (iv) people with disabilities and (v) others. [17473] Mr. Gwilym Jones: Information on parental status, income or physical impairment is not collected at death registration and it is therefore not possible to provide data in terms of these characteristics. The available information, provided by the Office for National Statistics, is in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number{1} Percentage{2} 1986-87 1,642 19.8 1987-88 1,430 16.7 1988-89 761 8.6 1989-90 2,771 32.0 1990-91 2,159 24.9 1991-92 1,753 20.3 1992-93 1,410 15.8 1993-94 963 10.2 1994-95 1,445 16.1 1995-96 2,256 24.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The number by which deaths occurring in December to March exceed the average of those occurring in the previous and following four month periods. {2} The number defined above as a percentage of the average of the autumn and summer deaths.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

17473; 291 c665-6W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Disability Death Income support Families Older people Lone parents Weather Wales

Contains statistics

Yes