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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of (i) malnutrition and (ii) nutritional anaemias in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Stephen O'Brien (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 October 2007

For answer on

29 October 2007

Answered on

30 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 30 October 2007:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of (i) malnutrition and (ii) nutritional anaemias in each year since 1997. (161719)""The latest year for which figures are available is 2005. The table below shows the number of deaths from 1997 to 2005 where malnutrition or nutritional anaemias were either the underlying cause of death, or were mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. The definition of malnutrition used includes deaths from 'effects of hunger'."

Number of deaths where malnutrition and effects of hunger, or nutritional anaemias,¹ were the underlying cause of death, or were mentioned on the death certificate, England and Wales, 1997 to 2005²
	Malnutrition and effects of hunger	Nutritional anaemias
	Underlying cause of death	Mentioned on the death certificate	Underlying cause of death	Mentioned on the death certificate
1997	56	238	92	638
1998	51	221	72	554
1999	46	271	84	517
2000	46	239	52	482
2001	57	258	66	411
2002	72	296	52	409
2003	73	286	64	430
2004	57	276	61	423
2005	66	276	64	420
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-IO). Codes selected were:
Malnutrition—ICD-9 260-263, ICD-IO E40-E46
Effects of hunger—ICD-9 N994.2, T73.0
Nutritional anaemias—ICD-9 280-281, ICD-IO D50-D53
² Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year.

Date

30 October 2007

Reference

161719; 465 c1182W

House

House of Commons

Fatal Accidents (Gravestones)

My hon. Friend raises a fair point, which I will take up with my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough.

Answered by

Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour)

Answering body

Church Commissioners

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

465 c532

House

House of Commons

Methadone: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were where methadone was the major contributory factor in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2007

For answer on

25 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were where methadone was the major contributory factor in each of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (161220)""ONS reports annually on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Where more than one drug is mentioned on the death certificate it is not always possible to tell which of them was primarily responsible for the death. ONS therefore publishes the total number of deaths where methadone was mentioned on the death certificate, the number of these deaths which also mentioned alcohol, and the number where methadone was the only drug mentioned.""Latest available results are for 2005 and figures from 1993 to 2005 can be found in Health Statistics Quarterly,¹ copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library. The figures are also available on the National Statistics website.² The table below shows the number of deaths from 1996 to 2005 for drug-related poisonings where methadone was mentioned on the death certificate, where alcohol was also mentioned, and where methadone was the only drug mentioned.""¹ Office for National Statistics (2007) Report: Deaths related to drug poisoning: England and Wales, 1993-2005. Health Statistics Quarterly 33, 82-88. Table 2: Number of deaths where selected substances were mentioned on the death certificate.""² Data available to download at:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D7892.xls"

Deaths from drug-related poisoning¹ where methadone was mentioned on the death certificate, mentioned with alcohol, or was the only drug mentioned—England and Wales, 1996-2005²
	All mentions of methadone	All mentions of methadone with alcohol	Methadone mentioned alone
1996	322	69	189
1997	437	100	288
1998	398	85	230
1999	336	92	178
2000	269	70	150
2001	244	86	126
2002	199	59	91
2003	201	71	74
2004	219	70	105
2005	220	87	98
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, E980.0-E980.5 and E962.0 for the years 1996 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes F11-F16, F18-F19, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85 and Y10-Y14 for 2001 onwards.
² Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

161220; 465 c902-3W

House

House of Commons

Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Asked by

David Amess (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2007

For answer on

25 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each of the last five years for which information is available. I am replying in her absence. (161089)""The terms 'overweight' and 'underweight' are not normally used in the registration of deaths. Consequently, figures can only be provided for deaths recorded using the medically recognised terms 'obesity' and 'malnutrition' or 'effects of hunger'. The number of deaths so recorded is unlikely to be a complete or accurate reflection of the actual numbers of deaths which result, directly or indirectly, from being overweight or underweight.""The attached tables provide the numbers of deaths where (i) obesity and (ii) malnutrition or effects of hunger were mentioned on the death certificate, for (a) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, (b) Essex county and (c) England and Wales, for the years 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available)."

Table 1: Number of deaths from obesity,¹ Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county², and England and Wales³, 2002-064
Deaths (persons)
	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	England and Wales
2002	2	14	726
2003	4	19	888
2004	1	15	901
2005	2	22	993
2006	0	23	1,150
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code E66 (obesity). Deaths were included where this cause was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. ² Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. ³ Based on boundaries as of 2007. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. 4 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Table 2: Number of deaths from malnutrition and effects of hunger,¹ Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county², and England and Wales³, 2002-064
Deaths (persons)
	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	England and Wales
2002	0	2	294
2003	0	2	280
2004	1	5	282
2005	0	1	280
2006	0	7	344
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E40-E46 (malnutrition) and T73.0 (effects of hunger). Deaths were included where one of these causes was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. ² Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. ³ Based on boundaries as of 2007. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. 4 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

161089; 465 c888W

House

House of Commons

Diabetes: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Asked by

David Amess (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2007

For answer on

25 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

Table 1: Number of deaths from diabetes,¹' ² Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county³, and England and Wales4, 2002-065
Deaths (persons)
	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	England and Wales
	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention	(i) Underlying cause	(ii) Any mention
2002	25	77	178	614	6,183	25,954
2003	15	72	140	571	6,312	27,015
2004	24	77	131	585	5,846	26,618
2005	17	64	138	601	5,652	27,913
2006	17	65	143	670	5,491	28,728
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E10-E14 (diabetes mellitus). ² Figures shown as 'any mention' (column ii) include those where diabetes was recorded as the underlying cause (column (i)). ³ Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. 4 Based on boundaries as of 2007. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. 5 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

161090; 465 c894W

House

House of Commons

Level Crossings: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed at (a) pedestrian and (b) vehicular rail level crossings in each of the last three years.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2007

For answer on

29 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

The information requested is shown in the table as follows:

Level crossing fatalities 2004-06¹ (excluding suicides and trespassers)
	(a) Pedestrian crossings	(b) Vehicular crossings	Total
2004	2	15	17
2005	1	13	14
2006²	4	4	8
¹ Rail safety statistics are published on a calendar year basis.
² Data is provisional because Coroner's Inquests into incidents involving level crossings have yet to be concluded.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

161128; 465 c869W

House

House of Commons

Death: Weather

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office of National Statistics will publish the 2006-07 Excess Winter Mortality Statistics.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

159726; 465 c889W

House

House of Commons

Elderly: Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths were caused by malnutrition among those aged over 65 years in the last 10 years, broken down by age and region; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2007

For answer on

24 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths were caused by malnutrition among those aged over 65 years in the last 10 years, broken down by age and region. I am replying in her absence. (160867)""The attached table provides the numbers of deaths where malnutrition or effects of hunger were mentioned on the death certificate, by age group for persons aged 65 years and over, for each government office region in England, and for Wales, for the years 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available)."

Table 1. Deaths from malnutrition and effects of hunger¹, persons aged 65 and over by age group, by Government office region in England², and Wales, 1997-2006³
Deaths (persons)
	Age (years)
	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85+
North East
1997	3	3	4	2	3
1998	2	1	—	2	7
1999	1	2	3	3	5
2000	4	5	2	4	5
2001	3	2	5	2	8
2002	2	2	6	3	6
2003	1	1	—	2	9
2004	2	—	3	4	1
2005	1	1	3	2	4
2006	1	1	5	5	7

North West
1997	2	6	4	8	9
1998	5	1	3	7	11
1999	6	4	5	4	7
2000	2	6	4	2	8
2001	2		4	6	8
2002	2	4	3	7	9
2003	1	6	7	3	8
2004	3	4	10	7	9
2005	2	7	5	7	6
2006	4	—	5	4	8

Yorkshire and the Humber
1997	—	6	3	8	12
1998	3	2	4	5	9
1999	4	3	1	6	6
2000	1	1	4	3	6
2001	2	3	3	3	4
2002	3	3	3	1	5
2003	1	4	3	6	10
2004	2	3	4	—	4
2005	1	2	1	3	4
2006	4	2	2	3	6

East Midlands
1997	2	3	3	2	2
1998	2	3	4	11	9
1999	2	3	2	6	10
2000	2	4	5	3	10
2001	1	3	3	3	4
2002	1	5	1	5	3
2003	1	2	3	1	7
2004	3	4	1	5	5
2005	1	6	3	7	6
2006	2	1	7	6	7

West Midlands
1997	6	3	12	12	21
1998	3	9	5	7	10
1999	2	8	5	10	20
2000	4	7	9	8	8
2001	3	2	6	4	9
2002	5	2	6	11	12
2003	1	4	6	7	7
2004	2	3	12	10	10
2005	3	2	2	6	4
2006	3	7	12	2	6

East of England
1997	0	5	5	4	7
1998	3	0	4	5	8
1999	3	4	5	6	11
2000	2	1	3	5	10
2001	0	4	8	6	6
2002	4	4	4	6	10
2003	1	1	2	4	3
2004	2	2	2	3	6
2005	1	3	2	10	17
2006	3	5	3	4	7

London
1997	5	1	2	6	12
1998	2	5	7	6	8
1999	3	4	7	9	11
2000	2	1	5	4	10
2001	0	0	8	3	6
2002	1	2	4	7	4
2003	3	2	4	2	6
2004	2	2	1	0	5
2005	0	3	1	2	5
2006	6	2	2	1	8

South East
1997	3	3	6	5	14
1998	3	6	4	5	10
1999	1	9	6	7	13
2000	4	2	12	3	11
2001	1	2	3	7	8
2002	4	2	3	6	14
2003	2	2	7	4	8
2004	2	3	3	9	11
2005	3	5	5	9	10
2006	3	9	7	10	18

South West
1997	2	6	5	6	23
1998	3	3	10	7	21
1999	5	2	7	6	5
2000	4	5	6	5	15
2001	5	0	6	1	10
2002	1	3	5	3	8
2003	1	2	5	4	5
2004	2	2	4	9	14
2005	3	3	5	6	5
2006	2	5	6	4	12

Wales
1997	1	0	6	4	1
1998	1	2	5	5	9
1999	1	4	2	9	5
2000	2	0	4	4	7
2001	0	3	3	7	9
2002	0	4	3	4	9
2003	3	0	7	3	8
2004	1	1	5	3	5
2005	1	4	3	3	8
2006	4	3	3	8	9
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 260-269 (malnutrition) and E904.1 (effects of hunger) for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E40-E46 (malnutrition) and T73.0 (effects of hunger) for 2001 onwards. Deaths were included where one of these causes was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from each cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. ² Based on boundaries as of 2007. ³ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

160867; 465 c1016-9W

House

House of Commons

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the number of deaths caused by (a) alcohol misuse and (b) drug misuse in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Lord Touhig (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2007

For answer on

25 October 2007

Answered on

29 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the number of deaths caused by (a) alcohol misuse and (b) drug misuse in England and Wales in each of the last five years. I am replying in her absence. (161118)""The latest year for which figures are available is 2006 for alcohol-related deaths. Table 1 below presents the number of deaths from alcohol-related causes in England and Wales for 2002-2006.""ONS reports annually on deaths related to drug poisoning and drug misuse in England and Wales. The latest available results are for 2005 and figures from 1993-2005 can be found in Health Statistics Quarterly,¹ copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library. The figures are also available on the National Statistics website.² Table 2 below shows the number of deaths for which the underlying cause was drug poisoning, where any drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act was mentioned on the death certificate, for 2001-2005.""¹ Office for National Statistics (2007) Report: Deaths related to drug poisoning: England and Wales, 1993-2005. 'Health Statistics Quarterly 33', 82-88. Table 3: Number of deaths related to drug misuse: by sex and country, 1993-2005.""² Data available to download at:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D7892.xls"

Table 1: Deaths from alcohol-related causes,¹ England and Wales, 2002-06²
	Number of deaths
2002	5,976
2003	6,425
2004	6,488
2005	6,627
2006	6,964
¹ Selected using the National Statistics definition of alcohol-related deaths. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes for the definition are listed below:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
G31.2—Denegration of nervous system due to alcohol
G62.1—Alcoholic polyneuropathy
142.6—Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
K29.2—Alcoholic gastritis
K70—Alcoholic liver disease
K73—Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74—Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excluding K74.3-K74.5—billiary cirrhosis)
K86.0—Alcohol induced pancreatitis
X45—Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
X65—Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
YI5—Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, undetermined intent
² Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Table 2: Deaths from drug misuse,¹ England and Wales, 2001-05²
	Number of deaths
2001	1,805
2002	1,613
2003	1,431
2004	1,495
2005	1,608
¹ Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes F11-F16, F18-F19, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85 and Y10-Y14 and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death record.
² Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

465 c881-2W; 161118

House

House of Commons

Fatal Accidents (Gravestones)

Why is it, then, that hundreds of thousands of gravestones across the country are being staked, as if they were a health and safety risk? Across the country, only two deaths have been caused by gravestones in the past 28 years. Should we not investigate precisely why local authorities and churches are taking such an absurd decision?

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Church Commissioners

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

465 c532

House

House of Commons

Fatal Accidents (Gravestones)

The number is not recorded centrally but I understand from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, which insures almost all Church of England churches, that it has received no claims relating to such fatalities in the last 10 years—the period for which figures are available.

Answered by

Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour)

Answering body

Church Commissioners

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

465 c531-2

House

House of Commons

Health: C Difficile

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many deaths were caused by C. difficile infections (a) in total, and (b) in the area of each primary care trust (PCT), in each of the past seven years for which figures are available; what action was taken by health Ministers in relation to the PCTs...

Asked by

Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

29 October 2007

In relation to deaths, special analyses of deaths in England and Wales involving Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are undertaken annually by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and results are published in Health Statistics Quarterly. The latest year for which figures are currently available is 2005. The number of deaths in England and Wales where Clostridium difficile (C. diff) was (a) mentioned and (b) the underlying cause of death from 2001 to 2005 are published in table 3 of Health Statistics Quarterly 33 (p73).¹ Figures for deaths in 1999 were also published in table 3 in Health Statistics Quarterly 30 (p58).² Data are not available for deaths in 2000. Copies of Health Statistics Quarterly are available in the Library but the annual figures for England are given in the table below.

	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Mentions of C.diff	918	1,150	1,338	1,702	2,155	3,697
Number of these where underlying cause of death is C. diff	499	661	709	912	1,187	2,008

Figures from ONS for deaths involving CDI for primary care trusts cannot be provided without disproportionate costs. Mandatory surveillance of CDI was introduced in 2004 to help to establish the extent of the problem. Although not all healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) can be prevented, reduction of HCAIs, including CDIs, is a priority for the National Health Service. We have a wide ranging programme to tackle HCAIs and some key elements of this are the new indicator to reduce infections by 30 per cent by March 2011 and a new e-learning tool that we are promoting with British Medical Journal learning. The Health Act 2006: Code of practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections came into force on 1 October 2006 and requires NHS bodies to have appropriate management and clinical governance systems in place to deliver effective infection control. Saving Lives: a delivery programme to reduce healthcare associated infections including MRSA which included an updated high impact intervention on CDI and Antimicrobial prescribing a summary of good practice. The latter is relevant because improved prescribing helps to prevent CDI. Improvement teams are now providing tailored support to those trusts that have high numbers of patients with CDI as well as those with the most challenging meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) targets. "Source: ONS Health Statistics Quarterly""¹ Office for National Statistics (2007) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 2001-2005. Health Statistics Quarterly 33, 71-75.""² Office for National Statistics (2006) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 1999-2004. Health Statistics Quarterly 30, 56-60." "Source: ONS Health Statistics Quarterly""¹ Office for National Statistics (2007) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 2001-2005. Health Statistics Quarterly 33, 71-75.""² Office for National Statistics (2006) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 1999-2004. Health Statistics Quarterly 30, 56-60." "¹ Office for National Statistics (2007) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 2001-2005. Health Statistics Quarterly 33, 71-75.""² Office for National Statistics (2006) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 1999-2004. Health Statistics Quarterly 30, 56-60." "² Office for National Statistics (2006) Report: Deaths involving Clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 1999-2004. Health Statistics Quarterly 30, 56-60."

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

5601; 695 c150-1WA

House

House of Lords

Fatal Accidents (Gravestones)

How many people have been killed by falling gravestones in church graveyards in the last 20 years.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Church Commissioners

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2007

Reference

465 c531-2; 160985

House

House of Commons

Clostridium: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) people and (b) people under the age of (i) one and (ii) five died from (A) clostridium difficile and (B) MRSA infection in each year from 1997 to 2006.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 October 2007

For answer on

22 October 2007

Answered on

25 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many (a) people and (b) people under the age of (i) one and (ii) five died from (A) clostridium difficile and (B) MRS A infection in each year since 1997 to 2006. I am replying in her absence. (160268)""Special analyses of deaths in England and Wales involving Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and MRSA are undertaken annually by ONS and results are published in Health Statistics Quarterly. The latest year for which figures are available is 2005.""The tables below present the numbers of deaths where C. difficile and MRSA were mentioned on death certificates and where they were the underlying cause of death. Data for 1997, 1998, and 2000 are not available for C. difficile (see background note 1)."

Table 1: Number of death certificates with clostridium. difficile¹ mentioned and as the underlying cause of death, England and Wales, 1999 and 2001-05²
	Mentions	Underlying cause³
	All ages	Age under one year	Age under five years4	All ages	Age under one year	Age under five years4
1999	975	0	0	531	0	0
2000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2001	1,214	0	0	691	0	0
2002	1,428	0	0	756	0	0
2003	1,788	1	1	958	1	1
2004	2,247	0	1	1,245	0	0
2005	3,807	0	1	2,074	0	1
n/a = Not available
¹ Identified using the methodology described in Office for National Statistics (2006) report: Deaths involving clostridium difficile: England and Wales, 1999-2004. Health Statistics Quarterly 30, 56-60.
² Deaths registered in 1999, deaths occurring in 2001-05.
³ Excludes neonatal deaths (aged under 28 days)
4 Total for under five years includes deaths under one year of age.

Table 2: Number of death certificates with MRSA¹ mentioned and as the underlying cause of death, England and Wales, 1997-2005²
	Mentions	Underlying cause³
	All ages	Age under one year	Age under five years4	All ages	Age under one year	Age under five years4
1997	389	1	1	102	0	0
1998	412	3	4	118	2	2
1999	487	0	1	126	0	0
2000	669	0	0	195	0	0
2001	734	1	1	254	0	0
2002	800	0	1	248	0	0
2003	955	2	2	321	0	0
2004	1,168	1	1	360	0	0
2005	1,629	6	6	467	2	2
¹ Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004) Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993-2002. Health Statistics Quarterly 21, 15-22.
² Deaths occurring in 1997-2005.
³ Excludes neonatal deaths (aged under 28 days).
4 Total for under five years includes deaths under one year of age.

Date

25 October 2007

Reference

160268; 465 c572-3W

House

House of Commons

Death: Weather

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many winter excess deaths there were in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1996-97.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 October 2007

Reference

160273; 465 c574-5W

House

House of Commons

Death: Firearms

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people died from gunshot wounds in the UK in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Chris Mullin (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 October 2007

For answer on

19 October 2007

Answered on

25 October 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people died from gunshot wounds in the UK in each of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (160004)""The table below contain numbers of firearm injury deaths with a Coroner's verdict of accident, suicide, homicide, and undetermined intent in the UK from 1997 to 2006, the latest available year."

Number of deaths from firearm injury,¹ United Kingdom, 1997 to 2006²
	Number of deaths
1997	198
1998	229
1999	207
2000	204
2001	193
2002	181
2003	187
2004	191
2005	185
2006³	210
¹ The cause of death for firearm injury was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes listed below for the years 1997 to 2000 for England and Wales and Northern Ireland and from 1997 to 1999 for Scotland, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes listed below from 2001 onwards for England and Wales and Northern Ireland and from 2000 onwards for Scotland.
ICD-9: E922, E955.0-E955.4, E965.0-E965.4, E970, E985.0-E985.4
ICD-10: W32-W34, X72-X74, X93-X95, Y22-Y24, Y35.0.
Figures include deaths with a Coroner's verdict of accident, suicide, homicide and undetermined intent.
² Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
³ Data are provisional for Northern Ireland.

Date

25 October 2007

Reference

160004; 465 c574W

House

House of Commons

Armed Conflict: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what definition he uses of killed in theatre; and whether it is used of those who sustain injuries in theatre but who die later.

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 October 2007

Reference

159170; 465 c331W

House

House of Commons

Mentally Ill: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many inpatients died in NHS mental health accommodation in each of the last five years for which figures are available;

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 October 2007

For answer on

17 October 2007

Answered on

23 October 2007

Information on the total number of in-patient deaths in national health service mental health accommodation in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06 is shown in the following table.

Total number of discharge episodes ending in the death of in-patients in NHS acute hospital and NHS mental health accommodation in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06: finished consultant episodes, male and female combined, all ages, all regions¹
	Number
2001-02	2,970
2002-03	2,920
2003-04	2,660
2004-05	2,490
2005-06	1,980
¹ Totals include deaths from all causes
Note:
Ungrossed data: the figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, the Information Centre for Health and Social Care.

Data on in-patient deaths which are due to suicide, homicide and sudden, unexpected causes is published by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH) based at the University of Manchester. NCISH is funded by the National Patient Safety Agency and published its report, 'Avoidable Deaths', in December 2006. It covers data on homicides in England and Wales from April 1999 to December 2003 and on suicides from April 2000 to December 2004.The data on homicides is collected from the Home Office Homicide Index (HI). Where available, psychiatric reports prepared for the trial are obtained. Information on previous offences is collected from the National Crime Operations Faculty. Case details are submitted to mental health services in each individual's district of residence and adjacent districts to identify those with a history of using mental health services, including those with a lifetime contact. These individuals become inquiry cases and those cases with recent service contact (within 12 months of the offence) are analysed as the main sample.Information on inquiry cases is obtained from a questionnaire sent to the consultant psychiatrist within the applicable clinical team. For all homicide convictions, data are collected on methods and victims from the HI, including data on diminished responsibility and hospital orders. Data on mental illness at the time of offence comes from psychiatric reports prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service, including details of mental health, drug and alcohol use at the time of the offence. The questionnaire also provides data covering demographic details, clinical history, details of the homicide, details of in-patient/community care received, details of final contact with services, events leading to the homicide and respondents' views on prevention.The Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC) collects data on all detained patient deaths and publishes data on those from non-natural causes in its biennial report. MHAC, under its general remit to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983, asks providers to notify it of all deaths of detained patients within three working days.MHAC reviews the deaths of patients who have died from non-natural causes to establish whether good practice, as defined in the 'Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice', has been followed and whether lessons for future practice and policy need to be learned. This review may include sending a Commissioner to the inquest, which considers the circumstances of the death or arranging a visit to the hospital to consider the issues arising.

Date

23 October 2007

Reference

159138; 465 c269-70W

House

House of Commons

Mentally Ill: Death

(2) what mechanisms are in place (a) to record and (b) to publish the cause of death of inpatients who die in NHS mental health accommodation.

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 October 2007

For answer on

17 October 2007

Answered on

23 October 2007

Information on the total number of in-patient deaths in national health service mental health accommodation in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06 is shown in the following table.

Total number of discharge episodes ending in the death of in-patients in NHS acute hospital and NHS mental health accommodation in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06: finished consultant episodes, male and female combined, all ages, all regions¹
	Number
2001-02	2,970
2002-03	2,920
2003-04	2,660
2004-05	2,490
2005-06	1,980
¹ Totals include deaths from all causes
Note:
Ungrossed data: the figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, the Information Centre for Health and Social Care.

Date

23 October 2007

Reference

159139; 465 c269-70W

House

House of Commons

Death: Clostridium

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths were recorded where clostridium difficile was (a) mentioned and (b) the underlying cause of death in (i) Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) England in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Lord Harper (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 October 2007

Reference

159667; 465 c22W

House

House of Commons

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