§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the rate per million of population for the operation for the extraction of a cataract in Scotland; and whether he has any information as to the figures in other European and in North American countries.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis rate was 998 per million of population in 1981, the latest date for which information is available. I have no information on comparable statistics for other European and North American countries.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of operations for extraction of a cataract carried out in Scotland during the most recent year for which records are available, and in each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of operations for extraction of cataract carried out in Scotland during 1981, the most recent year for which records are available, and in the five previous years was as follows:
Number of operations Year 1976 4,152 1977 4,351 1978 4,347 1979 4,272 1980 5,140 1981 5,138
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the rate per million of population for the operation for total replacement of the hip joint in Scotland; and whether he has information as to the figures in other European and in North American countries.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis rate was 470 per million of the population in 1981, the latest date for which information is available. I have no information on comparable statistics in other European or North American countries.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of coronary bypass operations carried out in Scotland during the most recent year for which records are available, and in each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe total number of coronary artery bypass graft operations carried out in Scotland from 1 May 1982 to 31 December 1982 was 436. Accurate figures became available only with the establishment of the Scottish cardiac surgery register in May 1982 and it is not possible to give reliable statistics for previous years.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of operations for total replacement of the hip joint carried out in Scotland during the most recent year for which records are available, and in each of the five previous years.
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§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of operations for total replacement of the hip joint carried out in Scotland during 1981, the most recent year for which records are available, and in the five previous years was as follows:
Year Number of Operations 1976 2,017 1977 1,996 1978 1,951 1979 2,025 1980 2,193 1981 2,422