Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33453

Death: Poverty

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the statistics are for poverty related death per local area in each of the last five years.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
There are no official published statistics on poverty-related deaths. Statistics on deaths from specific causes are based on the medical causes of death recorded on a death certificate, which are coded using the International Classification of Diseases (I...

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