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Mr. Nigel Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died from head injuries in England in each year since 1979.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Numbers of deaths where the underlying cause was recorded as being from a head injury (1 ICDs 800–804 and 850–854) in England 1979–1992 | |||
| Year | Males | Females | Total |
| 1979 | 2,807 | 1,275 | 4,082 |
| 1980 | 2,701 | 1,299 | 4,000 |
| 1981 | 2,481 | 1,108 | 3,589 |
| 1982 | 2,569 | 1,167 | 3,736 |
| 1983 | 2,613 | 1,219 | 3,832 |
| 1984 | 2,644 | 1,185 | 3,829 |
| 1985 | 2,536 | 1,170 | 3,706 |
| 1986 | 2,543 | 1,159 | 3,702 |
| 1987 | 2,601 | 1,175 | 3,776 |
| 1988 | 2,505 | 1,095 | 3,600 |
| 1989 | 2,590 | 1,094 | 3,684 |
| 1990 | 2,753 | 1,092 | 3,845 |
| 1991 | 2,418 | 1,050 | 3,468 |
| 1992 | 2,208 | 1,002 | 3,210 |
| 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. | |||