§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many reported cases of endometriosis there have been, by health authority, for the past two years.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 11 July 1988]: The latest centrally available information is from a 10 per cent. sample of in-patients treated in NHS hospitals in 1984 and 1985. The numbers treated in individual health authorities are too small for reliable estimates to be made. Regional figures are given in the table.
Estimated number of in-patients with main diagnosis of endometriosis (ICD 6171), discharged from NHS hospitals, England, 1984 and 1985 Region of treatment 1985 1984 Northern 550 570 Yorkshire 620 570 Trent 710 610 East Anglian 320 460 North West Thames 430 490 North East Thames 880 620 South East Thames 350 520 South West Thames 560 440 Wessex 220 210 Oxford 480 450 South Western 330 320 West Midlands 690 440 Mersey 270 (140) North Western 660 940 SHA's (40) (30) England 7,110 6,810 1 International classification of diseases—9th revision. Figures in brackets should be treated with caution as they are based on small sample numbers.