HC Deb 26 June 1991 vol 193 cc492-3W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of polyscythaemia were diagnosed in Scotland in each of the past ten years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The number of in-patient cases treated for primary polyscythaemia in the period 1981–90 was as follows:

Year 1Cases
1981 224
1982 195
1983 193

Year 1Cases
1984 230
1985 210
1986 169
1987 197
1988 203
1989 186
1990 194
1 Estimated.