Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 9 February 2011.
The information falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking:
How many deaths attributable to poisoning from carbon monoxide there were in each age decile in each local authority in each of the last 15 years. (38590)
The table attached provides the number of deaths where the toxic effect of carbon monoxide was the cause of death by 10-year age group (Table 1), for England and Wales, from 1995 to 2009 (the latest year available).
Numbers of deaths by age group for local authorities have not been given in line with the current ONS policy on protecting confidentiality within birth and death statistics.
Table 1. Number of deaths with a cause of carbon monoxide poisoning, by age group, England and Wales, 1997 to 2009( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3) | |||||||||
Deaths (persons) | |||||||||
0-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80+ | |
1995 | 18 | 14 | 228 | 264 | 247 | 132 | 80 | 59 | 46 |
1996 | 18 | 18 | 204 | 257 | 243 | 126 | 71 | 58 | 52 |
1997 | 13 | 31 | 170 | 205 | 184 | 109 | 54 | 58 | 49 |
1998 | 10 | 11 | 120 | 197 | 154 | 114 | 48 | 52 | 35 |
1999 | 11 | 15 | 100 | 176 | 147 | 104 | 46 | 58 | 50 |
2000 | 12 | 12 | 91 | 154 | 101 | 92 | 38 | 39 | 37 |
2001 | 9 | 14 | 70 | 112 | 108 | 83 | 32 | 30 | 45 |
2002 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 112 | 119 | 79 | 31 | 18 | 27 |
2003 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 89 | 89 | 62 | 29 | 25 | 28 |
2004 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 104 | 77 | 53 | 28 | 28 | 22 |
2005 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 64 | 62 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 28 |
2006 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 79 | 51 | 16 | 19 | 16 |
2007 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 50 | 51 | 41 | 33 | 18 | 21 |
2008 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 58 | 52 | 23 | 13 | 26 |
2009 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 71 | 41 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
(1) Cause of death from carbon monoxide poisoning was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 986 for the years 1995 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code T58 for the years 2001 to 2009, where these codes appeared as the secondary cause. (2) Figures include deaths of non-residents. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. |
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