Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) East Lancashire and (c) the North West were registered as organ donors in each of the last three years.
The information requested is in the following table.
| Pendle Constituency | East Lancashire2 | North West (formerly NW Strategic Health Authority) 3 |
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Population estimates1 | 89,613 | 530,605 | 7,084,337 |
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As at 31 March 2013 |
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Number on the Organ Donor Register (ODR) | 19,505 | 121,393 | 1,838,938 |
% of population on the ODR | 21.8% | 22.9% | 26.0% |
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As at 31 March 2014 |
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Number on the ODR | 20,538 | 128,042 | 1,944,244 |
% of population on the ODR | 22.9% | 24.1% | 27.4% |
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As at 12 March 2015 |
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Number on the ODR | 22,600 | 141,902 | 2,148,575 |
% of population on the ODR | 25.2% | 26.7% | 30.3% |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
Notes:
1 Source: Office for National Statistics mid-2012 population estimates
2 East Lancashire comprising the districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale
3 Former NW Strategic Health Authority 9areas now grouped by Clinical Commissioning Groups on a regional basis) comprises:
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool
Bolton
Bury
Central and Eastern Cheshire
Central Lancashire
Cumbria
East Lancashire
Halton and St Helens
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
Knowsley
Liverpool
Manchester
North Lancashire
Oldham
Salford
Sefton
Stockport
Tameside and Glossop
Trafford
Warrington
Western Cheshire
Wirral