§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the longest time that anyone who has been identified as suffering from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has survived after the diagnosis has been made.
§ Mr. YeoThe duration of illness in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) may range from less than one month to many years. However, in the great majority of patients the duration of illness is measured in months and there has been no change in the average length of illness in CJD since 1970.
In the United Kingdom between 1985 and 1992 the longest duration of illness was 47 months. In 1979 a patient resident in England was reported to have a duration of illness of 60 months.