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Written Answer
Cirrhosis: Deaths
Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will publish a table showing deaths from cirrhosis of the liver for each of the years from 1957 to 1981 inclusive for men and women respectively.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security
(Lord Trefgarne)
The information requested is as follows:
| Deaths from cirrhosis of the liver in England and Wales, 1957–80 | |||
| Year | Males | Females | Total |
| 1957 | 667 | 539 | 1,206 |
| 1958 | 644 | 532 | 1,176 |
| 1959 | 617 | 586 | 1,203 |
| 1960 | 685 | 587 | 1,272 |
| 1961 | 737 | 633 | 1,370 |
| 1962 | 697 | 605 | 1,302 |
| 1963 | 701 | 621 | 1,322 |
| 1964 | 657 | 652 | 1,309 |
| 1965 | 726 | 658 | 1,384 |
| 1966 | 731 | 635 | 1,366 |
| 1967 | 679 | 671 | 1,350 |
| 1968 | 750 | 712 | 1,462 |
| 1969 | 797 | 781 | 1,578 |
| Year | Males | Females | Total |
| 1970 | 741 | 651 | 1,392 |
| 1971 | 806 | 764 | 1,570 |
| 1972 | 858 | 804 | 1,662 |
| 1973 | 943 | 861 | 1,804 |
| 1974 | 901 | 853 | 1,754 |
| 1975 | 920 | 915 | 1,835 |
| 1976 | 1,038 | 852 | 1,890 |
| 1977 | 991 | 829 | 1,820 |
| 1978 | 1,023 | 903 | 1,926 |
| 1979 | 1,198 | 988 | 2,186 |
| 1980 | 1,163 | 1,055 | 2,218 |
| 1981 | not available | ||
International Classification of Diseases categories:
1957 ICD 581 (6th revision)
1958–67 ICD 581 (7th revision)
1968–78 ICD 571 (8th revision)
1979, 80 ICD 571 (9th revision)
House adjourned at seventeen minutes before two o'clock.