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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths there were from complications arising from fractured bones in each of the last five years. - Includes table and text of letter from Len Cook of the Office of National Statistics.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

29 October 2002

For answer on

4 November 2002

Answered on

4 November 2002

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths there were from complications arising from fractured bones in each of the last five years. [78571] Ruth Kelly: The answer requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Dr. Lynne Jones, of 4 November 2002: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many deaths there were from complications arising from fractured bones in each of the last five years. (78571) It is not possible from routinely coded mortality data to obtain figures on complications arising from fractured bones. For deaths where an accident or violence initiated the train of events leading directly to death, a code is assigned to the type of injury sustained by the deceased. The figures below indicate the numbers of deaths where that injury was a fracture. Number of deaths from fractures1, England and Wales, 1997 to 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of deaths Calendar year2 1997 3,650 1998 3,536 1999 3,613 2000 3,921 20013 4,670 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The nature of injury was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 800 to 829 for the years 1997 to 2000 and, for the year 2001, the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes S02, 812, S22, S32, S42, S52, 862, 872, 882, 892, T02, T08, T10, T12, T14.2. 2 Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year 3 The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in 2001 means that data for fractures in this year are not comparable with data for earlier years. The introduction of ICD-10 has led to an apparent increase of 17% in the number of deaths coded to fractures. The figures should therefore be interpreted with caution. The effect of the change in classification in 2001 is described in a report published in May 2002.i i Office for National Statistics. Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999. Health Statistics Quarterly 14 (2002), 75-83.

Date

4 November 2002

Reference

78571; 392 c122-3W;392 c126-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) funding and (b) progress with medical research into fluoridation and (i) cancer rates and (ii) hip fractures. - Inc ref to report 'Water Fluoridation and Health'.

Asked by

Joan Walley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 September 2002

For answer on

15 October 2002

Answered on

15 October 2002

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on (a) funding and (b) progress with medical research into fluoridation and (i) cancer rates and (ii) hip fractures. [74249] Ms Blears: The report, published on 4 September, of an expert working group set up by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the request of the Department concluded that there was no firm evidence linking water fluoridation to cancer or to hip fractures. But the group recommended that a comparison be made between the amount of fluoride that the body absorbs from water supplies in which it occurs naturally and those to which it has been added artificially. We are, therefore, taking immediate steps to commission a project on the absorption of fluoride. The Department is finalising the specification for a research project to compare the body's absorption of naturally occurring and artificially added fluoride, and will shortly be inviting tenders. The MRC group concluded that if new studies show that the uptake of fluoride from artificially fluoridated water is substantially higher than from naturally fluoridated water, then further investigation of the long term effects of fluoridation on hip fractures will be needed. The group also recommended that an updated analysis be made of the data on fluoridation and cancer rates, and suggested that any new studies on the causes of bone cancer could easily include an assessment of exposure to fluoride. The Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Dental Officer will be advising on the action we should take on this and the remaining recommendations in the MRC group's report.

Date

15 October 2002

Reference

74249; 390 c821W;390 c823W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteoporotic hip fractures have been recorded in each health authority in the last five years; and if he will make a statement; what guidance he provides on osteoporosis risk assessement; and what percentage of fracture patients aged 50 years and...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 June 2002

Reference

387 c973-6W;387 c970-4W; 56136;56138

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of orthopaedic beds were taken up with osteoporotic hip fracture patients in (a) Hull and the East Riding and (b) England and Wales, in the last two quarters for which figures are available.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 2002

Reference

387 c724W;387 c722W; 57572

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) emergency readmissions and (b) delayed discharges as the result of osteoporotic hip fractures in the last 12 months.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 June 2002

Reference

56137; 387 c430W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the operations postponed due to osteoporotic hip fractures were cancer operations in (a) Hull and the East Riding and (b) England and Wales, in the last two quarters for which figures are available.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 June 2002

Reference

57575; 386 c1338W;386 c1339W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteoporotic hip fractures there have been in (a) the East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust and (b) the West Hull Primary Care Trust since 1st January 2001. - The information is not collected in format requested.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2002

Reference

57579; 386 c685W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elective operations were postponed due to osteoporotic hip fractures in (a) Hull and the East Riding and (b) England and Wales in the last two quarters for which figures are available.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2002

Reference

57573; 386 c685W;386 c684W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients on 7.5 mg of corticosteroids for over six months are on osteoporotic preventative therapy in (a) Hull and the East Riding and (b) England and Wales; how many primary care trusts and groups have a strategy for osteoporosis...

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2002

Reference

386 c685W;386 c684-5W; 57578;57577;57571

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were blocked as a result of osteoporotic hip fractures in (a) Hull and the East Riding and (b) England and Wales in the last two quarters for which figures are available. - The Department does not collect such information.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2002

Reference

57574; 386 c685W;386 c684W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to encourage primary care organisations to consider the recommendations in Primary Care Strategy for Falls and Osteoporosis, published by the National Osteoporosis Society in July; what was the cost to the Health Service of dealing with osteoporotic...

Asked by

Linda Gilroy (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2001

Reference

374 c949W;374 c949-50W; 10210;10211;10208;10209

House

House of Commons

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