HC Deb 04 July 2003 vol 408 cc539-40W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) deaths there were from human immunodeficiency virus and (b) new cases were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in each year since 1980. [122449]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested for England is shown in the table for deaths in people diagnosed as HIV infected, by year of death and new diagnoses of HIV infection, by year of diagnosis.

Year Deaths in people diagnosed with HIV New HIV diagnoses
1980 0 27
1981 1 35
1982 7 99
1983 18 216
1984 48 836
1985 146 2,922
1986 292 2,425
1987 387 2,238
1988 441 1,758
1989 678 1,980
1990 801 2,373
1991 962 2,489
1992 1,117 2,544
1993 1,422 2,392
1994 1,527 2,363
1995 1,529 2,440
1996 1,308 2,472
1997 652 2,505
1998 447 2,612
1999 416 2,864
2000 424 3,609
2001 340 4,724
2002 290 5,037

Note:

Numbers, particularly for recent years, will as further reports are received.

Source:

Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, data to end of March 2003.

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