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Mr. Andrew Bowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of deaths among those aged (a) 60 to 69 years, (b) 70 to 79 years and (c) 80 years and over for each complete six-monthly period from 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1989 for England and Wales.
Mr. Freeman
The information is shown in the table.
| Number of deaths among those aged (a) 60–69 years, (b) 70–79 years and (c) 80 years and over for each complete six-monthly period from 1st April 1979 to 31st March 1989 for England and Wales | |||
| Age-group | |||
| Period | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80+ |
| 1 March 1979–30 September 1979 | 52,657 | 88,841 | 86,200 |
| 1 October 1979–31 March 1980 | 58,348 | 101,304 | 101,262 |
| 1 April 1980–30 September 1980 | 52,526 | 88,774 | 83,433 |
| 1 October 1980–31 March 1981 | 57,706 | 101,403 | 104,203 |
| 1 April 1981–30 September 1981 | 51,003 | 87,722 | 86,298 |
| 1 October 1982–31 March 1982 | 57,808 | 104,422 | 110,338 |
| 1 April 1982–30 September 1982 | 51,151 | 88,023 | 88,605 |
| 1 October 1982–31 March 1983 | 57,482 | 103,202 | 110,941 |
| 1 April 1983–30 September 1983 | 50,765 | 88,331 | 90,264 |
| 1 October 1983–31 March 1984 | 54,512 | 98,956 | 106,859 |
| 1 April 1984–30 September 1984 | 49,190 | 87,007 | 91,720 |
| 1 October 1984–31 March 1985 | 55,657 | 102,670 | 117,664 |
| 1 April 1985–30 September 1985 | 48,927 | 88,249 | 96,511 |
| 1 October 1985–31 March 1986 | 54,149 | 102,276 | 121,568 |
| 1 April 1986–30 September 1986 | 49,216 | 87,831 | 96,419 |
| 1 October 1986–31 March 1987 | 51,524 | 93,959 | 109,480 |
| 1 April 1987–30 September 1987 | 48,083 | 84,043 | 96,212 |
| 1 October 1987–31 March 1988 | 54,027 | 95,141 | 120,224 |
| 1 April 1988–30 September 1988 | 48,657 | 81,396 | 100,475 |
| 1 October 1988–31 March 1989' | 52,394 | 89,272 | 117,089 |
| 1 Provisional | |||