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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 November 2004. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Thursday, 11 November 2004 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many drug-related deaths were recorded in England in the last five years. - Inc table and text of letter from Len Cook from the Office for National Statistics. (Holding answer 9 November 2004).
Answer

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug-related deaths were recorded in England in the last five years. [196443] Mr. Timms: [holding answer 9 November 2004]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 11 November 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many drug-related deaths were recorded in England in the last 5 years. (196443) Available figures are related to deaths from drug poisoning, not on the number of deaths which were drug-related. The most recently available information is for deaths in 2002. Figures are shown in the table below for the calendar years 1998 to 2002. Number of deaths from drug-related poisoning1, England, 1998 to 2002 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1998 2,753 1999 2,788 2000 2,772 2001 2,699 2002 2,507 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 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 and E980.0-E980.5 for 1999 and 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-IO) codes FII-F16, FI8-F19, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85 and YJO-Y14 from 2001 onwards. 2 Data are for deaths occurring in each calendar year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
426 c800W;426 c804W; 196443
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Death Drugs Poisoning Misuse
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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