In how many deaths idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was cited as the cause in each NHS board area in the last three years for which informatio…

The numbers of deaths for which idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was believed to be the underlying cause are given in the following table.
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10), which is used to produce statistics of deaths, does not have a code which is used solely for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Instead, ICD-10 code "J84.1" (which is defined as "other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis") is used for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and also for a number of other medical terms or conditions, some (but not all) of which are regarded as synonymous with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The figures in the table were produced using an approach which is explained in the footnote, so could exclude a small number of deaths which were caused by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis but which were described in some other way in the death certificate.
Deaths registered in Scotland for which the underlying cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis*
NHS board
2009
2010
2011
Ayrshire and Arran
9
7
8
Borders
3
0
1
Dumfries and Galloway
1
0
1
Fife
6
12
9
Forth Valley
1
5
2
Grampian
13
14
16
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
9
8
17
Highland
4
3
5
Lanarkshire
2
5
6
Lothian
13
13
19
Orkney
0
0
0
Shetland
0
0
0
Tayside
3
5
6
Western Isles
0
0
0
All
64
72
90
* deaths for which ICD-10 code "J84.1" ("other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis") was used for the underlying cause of the death, and the description of the cause of death included one (or both) of the following terms
(i) "idiopathic"
- which selects, for example, cases where the cause of death included the terms "idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis", "pulmonary fibrosis
- idiopathic" and "idiopathic fibrosis alveolitis";
(ii) "fibrosing alveolitis"
- which selects, for example, cases where the cause of death included the terms "fibrosing alveolitis" and "cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis", which are considered synonymous with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.