Question reference: S6W-01499
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 15 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01033 by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021, for what reason influenza, pneumonia and other infectious diseases were not included in the figures provided.
Answer
Causes of death are categorised using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10 th Revision (ICD-10). A link to this classification is available here:CD-10 Version:2019 (who.int)
Influenza and pneumonia fall under chapter X “Diseases of the respiratory system” in ICD-10 rather than chapter I “Certain infectious and parasitic diseases”. Deaths from ‘Diseases of the respiratory system’ are shown in the following table .
For a full breakdown of all causes of death categorised within ICD-10, please refer to chapter 6 of the Vital Events Reference Tables published by National Records of Scotland.
List of Data Tables | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)
Table 1. Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
ICD10 Summary list | Cause of death | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
J00-99 | X. Diseases of the respiratory system | M | 3,522 | 3,373 | 3,137 | 3,221 | 3,057 |
F | 4,147 | 3,923 | 3,717 | 3,907 | 3,495 | ||
J09-11 | Influenza | M | 42 | 42 | 55 | 145 | 75 |
F | 52 | 37 | 81 | 216 | 82 | ||
J12-18 | Pneumonia | M | 863 | 789 | 752 | 748 | 714 |
F | 1,070 | 1,011 | 983 | 922 | 840 | ||
J40-47 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | M | 1,575 | 1,508 | 1,518 | 1,495 | 1,452 |
F | 1,937 | 1,930 | 1,931 | 1,974 | 1,831 | ||
J45-46 | Asthma | M | 35 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 32 |
F | 87 | 92 | 93 | 80 | 66 | ||