Alcohol related deaths in youth's over the past 5 years

Dear FOI Team,

Please could you advise/respond to the following enquirer?

Many Thanks

Toni Strickland
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Dear Office for National Statistics,

I am requesting an FOI for the number of youth's deaths related to
alcohol over the past 5 years, specific to Southampton or Hampshire
if at all possible.

Yours faithfully,

Miss L M White

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Our Reference: FOI00954/White/QE1

Dear Miss White

Thank you for your recent query about the number of youth's deaths related
to alcohol over the past 5 years, specific to Southampton or Hampshire.

There were no deaths of under 18 years olds with alcohol-related underlying
cause in (a) Southampton unitary authority or (b) Hampshire county between
2004 and 2008 (the latest year available).

This Answer is based on the ONS definition of alcohol-related deaths, which
was published in July 2006. The background to this definition can be found
at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget..... The definition does
not include deaths from external causes (apart from alcohol-related
poisoning), for example accidents where drinking might have been a
contributory factor. Please see the table below for the list of causes
included in the alcohol-related deaths definition:

Alcohol-related causes of death – International Classification of
Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| ICD-10 code(s) |Description |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| F10 | Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of |
| | alcohol |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| G31.2 | Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| G62.1 | Alcoholic polyneuropathy |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| I42.6 | Alcoholic cardiomyopathy |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| K29.2 | Alcoholic gastritis |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| K70 | Alcoholic liver disease |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| K73 | Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| K74 (excl. | Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excl. Biliary |
| K74.3-K74.5) | cirrhosis) |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| K86.0 | Alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| X45 | Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| X65 | Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to |
| | alcohol |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
| Y15 | Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, |
| | undetermined intent |
|----------------------+-------------------------------------------------|

The latest data on alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom in 2008
were published in January 2010. Figures are available from the Office for
National Statistics website at
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Pr.... This link
also provides figures for England broken down by age. These figures show
that there were 3 deaths in England with an alcohol related underlying
cause for persons aged 1-14 between 2004 and 2008.

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request reviewed internally by an internal review process and, if you
remain unhappy with the decision, by the Information Commissioner. If you
would like to have the decision reviewed please write to Frank Nolan,
Office for National Statistics, Room 1127, Government Buildings, Cardiff
Road, Newport, Gwent, NP10 8XG.

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Regards,

Paul Wearn LLB (Hons)
Legal Services
Office for National Statistics
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