§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many cases of BSE were(a) confirmed, (b) reported and (c) slaughtered in the United Kingdom for each month of 1992 and 1993;
(2) how many cases of BSE were confirmed in the United Kingdom for each month of 1992 and 1993 in cattle that were (a) under two years of age, (b) aged two to three years, (c) aged three to four years, (d) aged four to five years, (e) aged five to six years, (f) aged six to seven years and (g) aged seven or more years;
(3) how many cases of BSE were confirmed in the United Kingdom for each year from 1985 in cattle that were (a) under two years of age, (b) aged two to three years, (c) aged three to four years, (d) aged four to five years, (e) aged five to six years, (f) aged six to seven years and (g) aged seven or more years.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[pursuant to her answer, 17 January 1994, col. 428]: The information is given in the tables.
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Numbers of cases of BSE (a) confirmed, (b) reported and (c) slaughtered in the United Kingdom for each month of 1992 and 1993 as at 14 January 1994 Month Confirmed Reported Slaughtered January 1992 2,710 4,143 3,925 February 1992 2,594 3,629 3,521 March 1992 2,493 4,074 3,906 April 1992 2,732 3,868 3,699 May 1992 3,295 3,124 2,977 June 1992 4,098 3,264 3,086 July 1992 3,082 3,303 3,176 August 1992 2,456 3,552 3,384 September 1992 3,046 4,069 3,894 October 1992 2,824 4,254 4,085 November 1992 3,009 3,971 3,870 December 1992 2,706 4,019 3,937 January 1993 3,955 4,237 4,066 February 1993 3,559 3,997 3,829 March 1993 3,597 4,429 4,220 April 1993 2,964 3,689 3,518 May 1993 2,882 3,256 3,078 June 1993 3,341 3,147 2,993 July 1993 2,302 3,420 3,246 August 1993 2,787 3,352 3,191 September 1993 2,636 3,658 3,483 October 1993 2,758 3,408 3,266 November 1993 3,413 3,654 3,408 December 1993 2,561 3,304 1,980
Year Age Total <2 2–3 3–4 4–5 5–6 6–7 7 and over Unknown March 1993 0 1 61 732 1,757 684 265 97 3,597 April 1993 0 2 42 573 1,453 594 220 80 2,964 May 1993 1 1 85 642 1,411 488 188 66 2,882 June 1993 0 2 68 507 1,798 647 212 107 3,341 July 1993 0 1 70 304 1,270 420 162 75 2,302 August 1993 0 2 164 706 1,208 451 175 81 2,787 September 1993 0 1 108 366 1,323 544 202 92 2,636 October 1993 0 5 97 434 1,159 671 293 99 2,758 November 1993 0 1 158 614 1,277 870 353 140 3,413 December 1993 0 1 61 291 959 811 17 107 2,247 This shows the age of cattle by date of confirmation of BSE for the months concerned. It should be noted that the four-year-old group will still include cattle with potential dates of birth before 18 July 1988 when the ruminant feed ban was introduced. Although the table shows a declining number of confirmed cases in the groups less than four years old, and to a degree the four to five-year-old group, it is not a table of age-specific incidence which sorts age groups by age at onset of the disease. Furthermore the 1993 data set is incomplete.
Numbers of BSE cases confirmed in the United Kingdom by age and year for each year since 1985 as at 14 January 1994 Year Age Total <2 2–3 3–4 4–5 5–6 6–7 7 and over Unknown 1985ߝJune 19881 0 4 112 293 143 29 29 137 747 June to December 1988 0 6 237 502 337 92 52 92 1,318 1989 1 47 747 2,444 2,175 840 284 301 6,839 1990 0 70 1,664 4,198 3,880 1,831 697 589 12,929 1991 0 81 4,038 8,448 5,482 2,446 1,260 1,027 22,782 1992 1 39 1,964 15,631 10,630 3,969 1,920 891 35,045 1993 1 22 1,153 7,155 16,833 7,507 2,933 1,151 36,755 1 The disease was not notifiable until June 1988 so these figures cannot be further broken down as specific dates of confirmation are not available. It should be noted that the four year old group will still include cattle with potential dates of birth before 18 July 1988 when the ruminant feed ban was introduced. Although the table shows a declining number of confirmed cases in the groups less than four years old, and to a degree the four to five year old group, it is not a table of age specific incidence which sorts cases by age at onset of the disease. Furthermore the 1993 data set is incomplete. incomplete.