The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 2 May 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people died from multiple sclerosis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. (135315)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where multiple sclerosis was the underlying cause in (a) Jarrow parliamentary constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority, (c) North East government office region and (d) England, from 1997 to 2005 (the latest year available).
Deaths (persons) Jarrow South Tyneside North East England 1997 1 3 30 661 1998 0 0 38 698 1999 0 1 39 723 2000 1 1 31 659 2001 1 1 44 849 2002 0 0 35 861 2003 1 2 61 935 2004 2 4 49 838 2005 1 3 50 900 1 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 340 for the years 1996 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code G35 for 2001 onwards. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. 2 Based on local authority boundaries as of 2007. 3 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.