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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug-related deaths there have been in Wales in each year since 1996. [197409] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Bill Wiggin, dated 15 November 2004: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many drug-related deaths there were in Wales in each year since 1996. I am replying in his absence. (197409) Available figures relate to deaths from drug poisoning, not the total number that were drug-related. The most recently available information is for deaths in 2002. Figures are shown in the table below for the calendar years 1996 to 2002. Number of deaths from drug-related poisoning1, Wales, 1996 to 2002 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of deaths 1996 126 1997 132 1998 150 1999 139 2000 173 2001 175 2002 152 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 292, 304, 305.2-305.9, E850-E858, E950.0-E950.5, E962.0 andE980.0-E980.5 for 1996 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes F11-F16, F18-F19, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85 and Y10-Y14from 2001 onwards. 2 Data are for deaths occurring in each calendar year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c949-50W;426 c953-4W; 197409

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Death Drugs Misuse Wales

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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