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Letter from Karen Dunnell, July 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many (a) men and (b) women aged (a) under 20, (b) between 21 and 30, (c) between 31 and 40, (d) between 41 and 50, (e) between 51 and 60 and (f) 61 years and above died from an underlying cause which was alcohol-related in each of the last 10 years. (284844)
The table attached provides the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause for (a) men and (b) women aged (i) under 21,1 (ii) 21 - 30, (Hi) 31 - 40, (iv) 41 - 50, (v) 51 - 60 and (vi) 61 years and over, in England and Wales, from 1999 to 2008 (the latest year available).
1 The specified age group ‘under 20’ has been amended to ‘20 and under' so as not to exclude deaths at age 20 from the table.
Deaths 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Males Under 21 5 6 13 2 7 5 9 3 2 8 21-30 51 54 63 69 58 57 59 65 66 72 31-40 354 339 403 409 441 392 379 410 412 477 41-50 834 865 961 946 1,048 1,021 1,034 1,112 1,087 1,141 51-60 980 1,023 1,134 1,117 1,291 1,287 1,363 1404 1452 1471 61+ 1,161 1,166 1,268 1,334 1,413 1,458 1,524 1,562 1,559 1,671 Females Under 21 5 2 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 21-30 23 36 26 25 34 28 28 35 42 25 31-40 199 194 182 175 207 206 201 219 212 207 41-50 442 411 486 516 466 505 523 566 548 551 51-60 482 516 541 522 591 628 636 658 688 712 61+ 751 794 815 851 865 899 865 929 971 1,006 1 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1999 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, are shown in the boxes below. 2 Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. 3 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 4 Figures for deaths registered in 2008 are provisional.
Cause of death ICD-9 code(s) Alcoholic psychoses 291 Alcohol dependence syndrome 303 Non-dependent abuse of alcohol 305.0 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy 425.5 Alcoholic fatty liver 571.0 Acute alcoholic hepatitis 571.1 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver 571.2 Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified 571.3 Chronic hepatitis 571.4 Cirrhosis of Over without mention of alcohol 571.5 Other chronic nonalcoholic liver disease 571.8 Unspecified chronic Over disease without mention of alcohol 571.9 Accidental poisoning by alcohol E860
Cause of death ICD-10 code(s) Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol F10 Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol G31.2 Alcoholic polyneuropathy G62.1 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy 142.6 Alcoholic gastritis K29.2 Alcoholic liver disease K70 Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified K73 Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excl. Biliary cirrhosis) K74 (excl.K74.3-K74.5) Alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis K86.0 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol X45 Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol X65 Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, undetermined intent Y15