Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 15 March 2012.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office
(1) how many deaths there were with a date of death between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 for which the time between date of death and date of death-registration exceeded 365 days, broken down by the cause of death with respect to (a) ICD-10 chapter and (b) short-listed ICD 10-code grouping, as defined by the Office for National Statistics;
(2) how many deaths there were with a date of death between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 for which the time between date of death and date of death-registration exceeded 730 days, broken down by underlying cause of death with respect to (a) ICD-10 chapter and (b) short-listed ICD 10-code grouping, as defined by the Office for National Statistics;
(3) how many deaths were registered in England and Wales with date of death between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008, for which the time between the date of death and the date of death-registration was longer than (a) 91 days, (b) 183 days, (c) 365 days and (d) 730 days.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2012
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions.
Tables 1 and 2 provide the number of deaths by ICD-10 Chapter where the time between date of death and date of death registration was greater than 365 days and 730 days, respectively, for England and Wales for deaths occurring between
Table 3 provides the number of deaths where the time between date of death and date of death registration was longer than (a) 91 days, (b) 183 days, (c) 365 days and (d) 730 days in England and Wales for deaths occurring between
Figures for the number of deaths where the delay between death and registration exceeded 365 days or 730 days, broken down by short-listed ICD-10 grouping are not currently available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. ONS will publish these figures alongside the annual Death Registrations publication in the Autumn.
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales each year by sex, age, cause, marital status and place of death are published annually and are available here:
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/all-releases.html?definition=tcm%3A77-27475
Table 1. Number of deaths for which the time between registration and date of death is greater than 365 days, by ICD-10 chapter, underlying cause of death, England and Wales , 2005- 08 (1, 2, 3, 4) | ||
Deaths | ||
Chapter I | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 118 |
Chapter II | Neoplasms | 819 |
Chapter III | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 20 |
Chapter IV | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 134 |
Chapter V | Mental and behavioural disorders | 372 |
Chapter VI | Diseases of the nervous system | 212 |
Chapter VIII | Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 2 |
Chapter IX | Diseases of the circulatory system | 991 |
Chapter X | Diseases of the respiratory system | 405 |
Chapter XI | Diseases of the digestive system | 475 |
Chapter XII | Diseases of the skin and subcutanaeous tissue | 35 |
Chapter XIII | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 162 |
Chapter XIV | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 82 |
Chapter XV | Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 31 |
Chapter XVI | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 13 |
Chapter XVII | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 66 |
Chapter XVIII | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 422 |
Chapter XX | External causes of morbidity and mortality | 6,188 |
None | Neonatal deaths | 158 |
Total | 10,705 | |
(1) Figures are for deaths occurring between 2005 and 2008 and include deaths of non-residents. (2) No underlying cause of death can be determined from the death certificate used to register neonatal deaths (deaths under 28 days). (3) Deaths can only be registered once an inquest has taken place. If the inquest is adjourned the death may be registered and a temporary code for underlying cause of death may be given. Deaths given temporary codes are included in Chapter XX. (4) The date of death is not available for 54 deaths. These have been excluded from this table. Source: Office for National Statistics |
Table 2. Number of deaths for which the time between registration and date of death is greater than 730 days, by ICD-10 chapter, underlying cause of death, England and Wales, 20 05- 08 (1, 2, 3, 4) | ||
Deaths | ||
Chapter I | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 38 |
Chapter II | Neoplasms | 117 |
Chapter III | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 4 |
Chapter IV | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 38 |
Chapter V | Mental and behavioural disorders | 62 |
Chapter VI | Diseases of the nervous system | 48 |
Chapter VIII | Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 1 |
Chapter IX | Diseases of the circulatory system | 183 |
Chapter X | Diseases of the respiratory system | 67 |
Chapter XI | Diseases of the digestive system | 82 |
Chapter XII | Diseases of the skin and subcutanaeous tissue | 8 |
Chapter XIII | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 23 |
Chapter XIV | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 13 |
Chapter XV | Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 8 |
Chapter XVI | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 3 |
Chapter XVII | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 9 |
Chapter XVIII | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 69 |
Chapter XX | External causes of morbidity and mortality | 1,159 |
None | Neonatal deaths | 40 |
Total | 1,972 | |
(1) Figures are for deaths occurring between 2005 and 2008 and include deaths of non-residents. (2) No underlying cause of death can be determined from the death certificate used to register neonatal deaths (deaths under 28 days). (3) Deaths can only be registered once an inquest has taken place. If the inquest is adjourned the death may be registered and a temporary code for underlying cause of death may be given. Deaths given temporary codes are included in Chapter XX. (4) The date of death is not available for 54 deaths. These have been excluded from this table. Source: Office for National Statistics |
Table 3. Number of deaths for which the time between registration and date of death is greater than (a) 91 days, (b) 183 days, (c) 365 days and (d) 730 days, England and Wales, 2005-08 (1, 2) | |
Waiting time | Deaths |
Over 91 days | 83,354 |
Over 183 days | 41,600 |
Over 365 days | 10,705 |
Over 730 days | 1,972 |
(1) Figures are for deaths occurring between 2005 and 2008 and include deaths of non-residents. (2) The date of death is not available for 54 deaths. These have been excluded from this table. Source: Office for National Statistics |
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