To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male and (b) female deaths from (i) lung cancer (ICD 162), (ii) heart disease (ICD 410-414) and (iii) chronic obstructive lung disease (ICD 490-492) occurred in each region in 1993.[3980]
The information is shown in the table.The numbers of death occurring in 1993 that were due to malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus and lung (ICD
1 162), ischaemic heart disease (ICD1 410-414) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ICD1 490-496) are shown for each sex by regional health authority (England) and Wales.
The figures are provisional.
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (ICD 162)
| Ischaemic heart disease (ICD 410-414)
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ICD 490-496)
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Regional health authority
| Males
| Females
| Males
| Females
| Males
| Females
|
| Northern | 1,722 | 948 | 5,444 | 4,790 | 1,193 | 902 |
| Yorkshire | 1,588 | 851 | 6,165 | 5,243 | 1,300 | 950 |
| Trent | 2,210 | 988 | 7,822 | 6,303 | 1,640 | 1,038 |
| East Anglian | 790 | 377 | 3,160 | 2,513 | 599 | 317 |
| North-west Thames | 1,163 | 643 | 4,168 | 3,531 | 972 | 613 |
| North-east Thames | 1,474 | 763 | 5,087 | 4,272 | 1,206 | 671 |
| South-east Thames | 1,546 | 852 | 5,332 | 4,769 | 1,314 | 772 |
| South-west Thames | 1,125 | 601 | 4,060 | 3,625 | 959 | 623 |
| Wessex | 1,153 | 559 | 4,916 | 3,914 | 927 | 561 |
| Oxford | 864 | 435 | 2,941 | 2,416 | 703 | 405 |
| South Western | 1,200 | 632 | 5,512 | 4,486 | 1,070 | 587 |
| West Midlands | 2,235 | 970 | 8,272 | 6,734 | 1,896 | 1,140 |
| Mersey | 1,196 | 678 | 3,947 | 3,475 | 880 | 695 |
| North Western | 1,955 | 1,004 | 7,059 | 6,246 | 1,711 | 1,355 |
| Wales | 1,390 | 624 | 5,260 | 4,429 | 1,089 | 704 |
1International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. | ||||||