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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how many deaths within (a) North Southwark and Bermondsey and (b) the London borough of Southwark alcohol was found to be a primary cause in each of the last five years. [205547] Mr. Timms: [holding answer 16 December 2004]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Hughes, dated 20 December 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking for how many deaths within (a) North Southwark and Bermondsey and (b) the London Borough of Southwark, alcohol was found to be a primary cause in each of the last five years. (205547) The latest year for which figures are available is 2003. The attached table shows the numbers of deaths among residents of North Southwark and Bermondsey parliamentary constituency and the London Borough of Southwark where the underlying cause of death indicated a condition directly related to alcohol use in the years 1999 to 2003. Alcohol-related deaths1 for North Southwark and Bermondsey parliamentary constituency and the London borough of Southwark 2 1999 to 2003 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of deaths North Southwark and Bermondsey Southwark 1999 11 28 2000 18 40 2001 15 38 2002 13 29 2003 16 36 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For the years 1999-2000 the cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9). The codes used by ONS to define alcohol-related deaths are listed as follows: 291--Alcoholic psychoses 303--Alcohol dependence syndrome 305.0--Non-dependent abuse of alcohol 425.5--Alcoholic cardiomyopathy 571--Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis E860--Accidental poisoning by alcohol 2 Usual residents of these areas. 3 Deaths occurring in each calendar year. For the years 2001-03 the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was used. To maintain comparability with earlier years the following codes were used: F10--Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol 142.6--Alcoholic cardiomyopathy K70--Alcoholic liver disease K73--Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified K74--Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver X45--Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol The selection of codes to define alcohol-related deaths is described in: Baker A and Rooney C (2003). Recent trends in alcohol-related mortality, and the impact of ICD-10 on the monitoring of these deaths in England and Wales. Health Statistics Quarterly 17, pp 5-14.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

205547; 428 c1401-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Death Misuse Southwark

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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