In how many deaths (a) bronchiectasis and (b) clinically significant bronchiectasis was cited as the cause in each NHS board area in the la…

The numbers of deaths for which bronchiectasis was the underlying cause are given in the following table.
Figures for "clinically significant bronchiectasis" cannot be produced because the term is not one that is identified in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10), and does not appear to be used on death certificates.
Deaths registered in Scotland for which the underlying cause was bronchiectasis*
NHS board
2009
2010
2011
Ayrshire and Arran
12
7
4
Borders
3
2
4
Dumfries and Galloway
0
2
3
Fife
4
2
8
Forth Valley
4
4
5
Grampian
10
12
10
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
18
16
27
Highland
5
8
4
Lanarkshire
5
13
10
Lothian
22
21
27
Orkney
0
0
0
Shetland
0
1
1
Tayside
8
5
6
Western Isles
0
1
0
All
91
94
109
* one of the following ICD-10 codes was used for the underlying cause of the death:
(i) "J47
- bronchiectasis"
(ii) "Q33.4
- congenital bronchiectasis"
(iii) "A15, A16
- respiratory tuberculosis" and "bronchiectasis" was mentioned in the cause of death