The information requested isgiven in the following table.Deaths Associatedwith Certain Causes Mentioned on Death Certificates 2001 2002 2003 2004 (a) clostridium difficile-associated disease - mentioned on death certificate 139 137 157 206 - of which, underlying cause 57 70 75 98 (b) MRSA - mentioned on death certificate 136 155 170 188 - of which, underlying cause 36 46 39 42 (c) vancomycin-resistant enterococci - mentioned on death certificate 0 3 2 1 - of which, underlying cause 0 0 0 0 (d) mult-resistant acinetobacter spp - mentioned on death certificate 0 0 0 0 - of which, underlying cause 0 0 0 0 (e) penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae - mentioned on death certificate 0 0 0 0 - of which, underlying cause 0 0 0 0 The following is a correctedanswer (published on 29 August 2005); see below.