HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc682-3W
Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of meningitis have occurred in each of the last 48 months; and what has been(a) the number and (b) percentage of fatalities. [4804]

Mr. Horam

[holding answer 8 December 1995]: The information is shown in the tables.

Meningitis notifications and deaths, by month, England and Wales
Notifications Deaths Percentage fatalities
1991
January 308 37 12.0
February 215 25 11.6
March 294 32 10.9
April 226 25 11.1
May 260 28 10.8
June 199 16 8.0
July 206 24 11.7
August 247 14 5.7
September 173 12 6.9
October 184 23 12.5
November 277 13 4.7
December 171 40 23.4
1992
January 364 39 10.7
February 240 22 9.2
March 214 25 11.7
April 197 23 11.7
May 218 23 10.6
June 168 16 9.5
July 228 26 11.4

Meningitis notifications and deaths, by month, England and Wales
Notifications Deaths Percentage fatalities
August 169 21 12.4
September 126 12 9.5
October 222 15 6.8
November 213 15 7.0
December 212 28 13.2
19931
January 274 37 13.5
February 203 24 11.8
March 195 23 11.8
April 211 28 13.3
May 149 22 14.8
June 168 16 9.5
July 173 18 10.4
August 105 15 14.3
September 79 8 10.1
October 146 16 11.0
November 180 30 16.7
December 199 35 17.6
19941
January 201 24 11.9
February 218 18 8.3
March 160 26 16.3
April 142 16 11.3
May 115 13 11.3
June 140 24 17.1
July 141 16 11.3
August 115 12 10.4
September 112 8 7.1
October 138 18 13.0
November 145 16 11.0
December 173 17 9.8
19952
January 267 25 9.4
February 206 23 11.2
March 169 24 14.2
April 167 22 13.2
May 165 14 8.5
June 147 19 12.9
July 182 11 6.0
August 159 13 8.2
September 128 15 11.7
October 173 17 9.8
November 214 19 8.9

Notes:

1Denotes provisional data regarding deaths.

2Denotes Provisional data regarding notifications.

  1. 1. 1995 data for deaths up to and including November are provisional occurrences relating to the most recently available registrations.
  2. 2. 1995 data for notifications are provisional notifications and do not contain the corrected notifications which can be received up to 3 months after original notification.
  3. 3. New procedures for coding cause of death from 1993, and the absence of medical enquiries, mean that figures for 1993 onwards may not be exactly comparable with earlier years. For most conditions however, including meningitis, these effects are small. More details may be found in OPCS Series DH2 for 1993, which was published in October 1995. Copies are available in the Library.
  4. 4. Notifications are assigned to month by date of end of week of notification.
  5. 5. Deaths are assigned to month by date of occurrence.
  6. 6. International Classification of Disease codes used for deaths are 013.0, 036.0, 047.0, 047.1, 047.8, 047.9, 049.0, 049.1, 053.0, 072.1, 091.8, 094.2, 320.0 and 322.0.
  7. 7. Percentage fatalities is the deaths as a percentage of notifications.
  8. 8. The notifications including meningococcal, pneumococcal and HIb meningitis.