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Mortality Rates

Volume 454: debated on Monday 11 December 2006

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rate was of (a) men and (b) women in Eastbourne in each year since 1996. (105112)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 December 2006:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the mortality rate was of (a) men and (b) women in Eastbourne in each year since 1996. (105112)

The attached table provides the age-standardised mortality rate for (a) men and (b) women in Eastbourne local authority for the years 1996 to 2005 (the latest available).

Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rates1, Eastbourne local authority, 1996 to 20052

Deaths per 100,000

Males

Females

1996

845

546

1997

805

541

1998

805

536

1999

820

518

2000

786

517

2001

877

494

2002

796

488

2003

730

496

2004

754

512

2005

726

522

1 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.

2 Using local authority boundaries as of 2005 for deaths for all years shown.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in each ward in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last 10 years. (105113)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 December 2006:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in each ward in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last 10 years. (105113)

Figures on the incidence of chronic lung disease and coronary heart disease are not readily available. Mortality and incidence rates are not available for parliamentary constituencies which do not share boundaries exactly with a local authority, or with any combination of whole wards; consequently, figures are given for Eastbourne local authority. The numbers of deaths and cancer registrations per year in each ward in Eastbourne local authority are too small for the reliable calculation of rates.

The attached tables provide (a) the age-standardised cancer incidence rate in Eastbourne local authority for the years 1995 to 2004 (the latest available), and (b) the age-standardised mortality rates for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in Eastbourne local authority for the years 1996 to 2005 (the latest available).

Table 1: Age-standardised cancer incidence rates1, 2, Eastbourne local authority3, 1995 to 2004

Cases per 100,000

1995

343

1996

343

1997

343

1998

386

1999

402

2000

344

2001

353

2002

375

2003

294

2004

360

1 Age-standardised cancer registration rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.

2 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 excluding non-melanoma skin cancer code C44.

3 Using local authority boundaries as of 2005 for cancer registrations for all years shown.

Table 2: Age-standardised mortality rates for chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease and cancer1, 2, Eastbourne local authority, 1996 to 20053Deaths per 100,000Chronic lung diseaseCoronary heart diseaseCancer19963013616419972212019219983410419719992710918120002610117620012511618420022412417520033410416720042698185200518111180 1 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.2 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for 1996 to 2000 (codes 490-494 and 496 for chronic lung disease, 410-414 for coronary heart disease, 140-208 for cancer), and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 to 2005 (codes J40-J47 for chronic lung disease, I20-I25 for coronary heart disease, C00-C97 excluding C44 for cancer). The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the number of deaths from each cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years.3 Using local authority boundaries as of 2005 for deaths for all years shown.