§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health is she will publish the number of patients in each standard age group who received kidney dialysis in the most recent available year; and what information she has on the proportion these numbers represent of kidney patients in each age group.
§ Mr. SackvilleAccording to information provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, there were 9,087 patients in the United Kingdom receiving dialysis as at the end of 1991, the latest date for which information is available. The table shows the estimated numbers by age group and the proportion they represent of all patients receiving renal replacement therapy at that time.
Age Dialysis numbers + percentage of total Proportion of all renal replacement therapy per cent. Under 15 109 (1.2) 0.5 15–34 1,263 (13.9) 6.5 35–44 1,145 (12.6) 5.9 45–54 1,636 (18.0) 8.5 55–64 2,108 (23.2) 10.9 Over 65 2,808 (30.9) 14.5