HC Deb 04 July 1996 vol 280 c507W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of cases by unitary authority of the various categories of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for each year since 1985. [35637]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Details of suspected cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK have been reported to the national CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh since May 1990. Cases in Wales, since reporting began, are detailed in the table:

Definite Probable Possible
May 1990 to April 1991 1 0 0
May 1991 to April 1992 2 1 0
May 1992 to April 1993 5 0 1
May 1993 to April 1994 3 0 1
May 1994 to April 1995 4 0 2
May 1995 to April 1996 5 0 0

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