HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 cc178-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nosocomial cases of tuberculosis there were in England in each year since 1997; and which cases were resistant to antibiotics. [120079]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Health Protection Agency is responsible for collecting data on tuberculosis notifications. Data currently available are not broken down by cases of nosocomial TB.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of(a) tuberculosis and (b) drug resistant tuberculosis there have been in each region in each year since 1997; and how many deaths resulted. [120081]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information on the number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) and drug resistant TB is collected by the Health Protection Agency. The numbers of cases of TB and drug resistant TB for each region since 1997 are shown in table 2.

It is not possible ro differentiate between deaths from TB and/or drug resistant TB.

The numbers of deaths in each year for England and Wales are shown in table 1.

Table 1
Year Number of deaths
1997 385
1998 392
1999 383
2000 370
2001 375
2002 Data not yet available

Table 2
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
Northern & Yorkshire 617 642 611 593 646 600
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 3.4 2.7 3.2 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.1 0.6 0.9 3 3
Trent 484 498 497 545 564 563
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 6 6.1 4.3 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.7 0.7 2 3 3
Eastern 232 268 228 254 326 343
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 5.9 2.9 4.5 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 0 0.6 0 3 3
London 2,411 2,444 2,493 2,834 2,886 2,850
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 7.6 7.6 8.2 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 3 1.6 1.1 1.1 3 3
South East 483 503 495 553 598 700
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 6.1 7.3 6.7 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.3 0.5 1.3 3 3
South West 212 213 209 226 198 248
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 6.8 4.3 3.8 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.5 0 0.8 3 3
West Midlands 610 673 712 723 692 806
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 7.6 5.9 6.5 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.2 0.8 0.8 3 3
North West 615 674 693 651 661 650
Isoniazid resistant (per cent. reported isolates) 2 3.1 4.2 5.7 3 3
MDR (per cent. reported isolates) 2 1.4 0.5 1.6 3 3
1 Data for 2002 provisional
2 Information on drug resistant TB is not available for 1997.
3 Resistance data now matched to Enhanced tuberculosis surveillance and expressed in rates—Available August 2003)

Boundary changes 1997

All forms of Tuberculosis. Corrected notifications.

Data excludes chemoprophylaxis.

Data excludes Port Health Authorities.

RHO boundaries as at April 1999.

Source:

Statutory Notifications to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre