Epilepsy

Mr. Paterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sudden unexpected deaths from epilepsy there were in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands,(c) England and (d) the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [111667]

Ruth Kelly
I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Owen Paterson, dated 7 May 2003:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many sudden unexpected deaths from epilepsy there were in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands, (c) England and (d) the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available (111667).

The figures requested are given in the following table. The total number of deaths with an underlying cause of epilepsy are also provided as context for the number that are "sudden unexpected deaths"
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