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Written Question · S4W-08249 · Session 4

How many people have died from anaphylactic shock in each year since 2009, broken down by NHS board.

Answered Asked by Alison McInnes LD Lodged 25 Jun 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died from anaphylactic shock in each year since 2009, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 Jul 2012 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is given in the table below. The following table gives the numbers of deaths for which anaphylactic shock was recorded as being a contributory factor to the death1.
Deaths for which Anaphylactic Shock was a Contributory Factor*
- by Area of Residence and Year
NHS Board
2009
2010
2011
(Provisional)
Ayrshire and Arran
1
0
0
Borders
0
0
1
Dumfries and Galloway
0
0
0
Fife
0
0
2
Forth Valley
0
2
0
Grampian
1
1
0
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2
0
1
Highland
1
0
0
Lanarkshire
0
0
1
Lothian
0
1
0
Orkney
0
0
0
Shetland
0
0
0
Tayside
0
2
1
Western Isles
0
0
0
All
5
6
6
Notes:
*Deaths for which the ICD-10 codes for the causes of the death included one or more of the following: T78.0, T78.2, T80.5 and T88.6.
1. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) categorises the causes of each death registered in Scotland using the codes which are given in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10). A death may have a number of causes. Normally, deaths are counted on the basis of the underlying cause of death (that is the disease or injury which initiated the chain of morbid events leading directly to death, or the accident or act which produced the fatal injury). However, the ICD rules do not allow anaphylactic shock (or various other consequences of certain other causes of death) to be counted as the underlying cause of death. Therefore, the table gives the numbers of deaths for which anaphylactic shock was recorded as being a contributory factor to the death.

In the Official Report

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