HC Deb 02 December 1980 vol 995 cc125-6W
Mr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cases of respiratory and non-respiratory tuberculosis, as taken together per 100,000 population reported in each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year in the last five years; and what were the comparable figures for England acid Wales.

Sir George Young

Notifications rates—per 100,000 population—of all forms of tuberculosis, 1975–79, are as follows:

Years
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
United Kingdom 23 21 20 20 19
England and Wales of which: 22 21 19 20 19
Wales 20 16 16 16 15
Scotland* 30 28 28 25 24
Northern Ireland 14 15 11 14 15
Standard regions of England Northern 20 17 15 17 15
Yorkshire and Humberside 22 20 20 18 18
East Midlands 21 19 18 19 19
East Anglia 10 8 7 8 7
South East of which: Greater 25 24 22 23 22
London 43 41 40 42 40
South West 14 12 10 10 8
West Midlands 26 24 23 24 23
North West 22 22 22 22 21
* (i) Includes cases notified after death.
(ii) Not adjusted for small numbers of denotifications

Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cases of respiratory tuberculosis per 100,000 population reported in each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year in the last five years; and what were the comparable figures for England and Wales.

Sir George Young

Notifications rates—per 100,000 population—of respiratory tuberculosis for 1975–79 are as follows:

Years
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
United Kingdom 17 16 15 15 14
England and Wales of which: 17 16 14 14 14
Wales 16 13 13 13 12
Scotland* 24 24 23 21 20
Northern Ireland 11 12 10 12 13
Standard regions of England Northern 16 14 12 14 12
Yorkshire and Humberside 18 17 16 14 14
East Midlands 15 14 12 12 14
East Anglia 8 6 5 5 5
South East of which: Greater 18 18 16 16 15
London 31 30 28 29 28
South West 11 10 8 8 6
West Midlands 18 18 17 17 17
North West 18 18 18 17 16
* (i) Includes cases not notified before death.
(ii) Not adjusted for small numbers of denotifications.

Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the rate of (a) respiratory and (b) all forms of tuberculosis per 100,000 population in South Tyneside for each of the past five years.

Sir George Young

Notification rates—per 100,000 population—of all forms of tuberculosis and respiratory tuberculosis, 1975–79, South Tyneside, are as follows:

Year All forms of Tuberculosis Respiratory Tuberculosis
1975 30 27
1976 8 7
1977 22 19
1978 19 16
1979 23 17