§ Mr. LofthouseTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people were recorded as suffering from aplastic anaemia in 1988 and in each of the last five years;
(2) if he will list by year for the last five years, by district health authority the number of cases of aplastic anaemia that have been reported; how many of these cases were fatal; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 16 January 1989]: The available information is given in the tables. Figures by district health authority are not available centrally.
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Estimated Number of In-Patients with Main Diagnosis of Aplastic Anaemia Discharged from NHS Non-Psychiatric Hospitals, By Region of Treatment, England 1981–1985 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 ECD Digit-84 Diagnosis-Aplastic Anaemia Northern 300 260 (170) (190) 240 Yorkshire 260 280 (140) 250 210 Trent 260 350 230 (190) (160) East Anglia (110) (150) (110) (120) (130) North West Thames (170) 210 210 (120) 210 North East Thames 250 320 260 230 (190) South East Thames 330 240 220 390 280 South West Thames (110) 230 (90) (80) (80) Wessex (170) (140) (120) (140) (150) Oxford (90) (150) (160) (50) (80) South Western (140) (110) 200 210 250 West Midlands 310 360 260 270 250 Mersey (80) (180) (120) (110) (150) North Western 210 310 (170) 260 (150) SHA's (30) 0 (30) (60) (10) England 2,820 3,290 2,490 2,670 2,540 Source: Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE)
ICD—International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision
Figures in Brackets should be treated with caution as they are based on small sample numbers.