§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what conclusions he has drawn about the likely future incidence of HIV infection in Dundee, following the results of the project to screen pregnant women for HIV infection at Ninewells hospital; and what assessment he has made of the likely funding implications which will arise for Tayside health board.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe results of an HIV antenatal screening study in Dundee, which is being funded by the medical research council, have not yet been fully collated and assessed, and it is, therefore, too early to draw firm conclusions from them.
It is not feasible at present to assess the likely funding implications which will arise for Tayside health board from the results of the study.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the instance of HIV infection in (i) men and (ii) women per 1,000 of population for(a) Dundee and (b) Scotland, in each year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation on the incidence of HIV infection in men and women per 1,000 of population for Dundee is unavailable. The information for Scotland, based on the numbers of males and females who have been identified and reported to the communicable diseases (Scotland) unit as being HIV antibody positive, is set out in the table:
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HIV antibody positive persons Number1 Incidence per 1,000 of population Male 1983 42 0.02 1984 128 0.05 1985 226 0.09 1986 307 0.12 1987 221 0.09 1988 133 0.05 1989 108 0.04 Female 1983 10 <0.01 1984 41 0.01 1985 86 0.03 1986 135 0.05 1987 99 0.04 1988 53 0.02 1989 43 0.01
1988 and 1989 Accident Rates 1988 1 1989 A77 North of Ayr Trunk Dual 2 + Single 4 0.29 0.37 Non-Trunk Single Urban 3.04 2.70 South of Ayr Trunk Single 2 0.43 0.45 Non-Trunk Single Urban/Rural 0.64 0.75 A74 North of M74 Trunk Dual 2 + Single 0.46 0.15 Non-Trunk Single Urban 1.65 1.62 South of M74 Trunk Dual 2 0.15 0.19 A96 Highland Trunk Single 0.27 0.30 Grampian Trunk Mainly Single 0.43 0.37 Non-Trunk Dual 2 + Single Urban 4.76 4.34 1 Based on provisional accident figures and 1988 traffic volumes averaged over relevant section of route. Note:
Accident rates are expressed in terms of the number of accidents per million vehicle kilometres.
1. Number of fatal accidents on A77, A74 and A96 in years 1988 and 1989 A77 North of Ayr South of Ayr Total Trunk Non-trunk (Glasgow) Trunk Non-trunk 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 January — — — — — — — — — — February — — — — — 1 — — — 1 March — 1 1 — — 1 — 1 1 3 April — 2 — — — — — — — 2 May 1 — — — — — — — 1 — June — 1 — — — — — — — 1 July — — — — — — — — — — August — — — — — — — — — — September 1 1 — — — 1 — — 1 2 October — — — — — — — — — — November 1 — — — 1 — — — 2 — December — 1 — — — — — — — 1 Year 3 6 1 — 1 3 — 1 5 10 574W
A74 North of M74 South of M74 Total Trunk Non-trunk (Glasgow) Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 1988 1989 January — — 1 1 1 — 1 — 3 1 February — — — — — 1 1 — 1 1 March 1 — — — — — — — 1 — April — — 1 1 — — — — 1 1 May — — — 1 1 — — 1 1 2 June — — — — — 1 — — — 1 July — — — — — — — — — — August — — — 1 — 2 — — — 3 September — — — — 1 — 1 — 2 — October 1 — — — 1 — — — 2 — 1 Does not include 97 cases where the sex was not specified in reports.