HC Deb 08 July 1996 vol 281 cc15-6W
Mr. Shore

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths in England and Wales were due to(a) cancers of the (i) lung, (ii) bronchus and (iii) trachea, (b) motor vehicle accidents, (c) HIV-AIDS infection, (d) tuberculosis and (e) Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in each year since 1986. [34869]

Creutifeldt-Jakob disease in the UK By Calendar year (1985-May 1996)
Year Referrals Deaths of definite and probable cases
Sporadic Iatrogenic Familial GSS NVCJD Total
1985 26 1 1 0 28
1986 26 0 0 0 26
1987 23 0 0 1 24
1988 21 1 1 0 23
1989 28 2 1 0 31
1990 [52] 26 5 0 0 31
1991 75 32 1 3 0 36
1992 96 44 2 4 1 51
1993 78 37 4 2 2 45
1994 115 53 1 2 3 59
1995 79 33 4 1 2 3 43
1996 end May 46 12 0 0 1 6 19

Mr. Horam

The available information on numbers of deaths in England and Wales from cancer of the lung, bronchus and trachea, and from motor vehicle traffic accidents is published:

  • for 1986–92 in "Mortality statistic: cause England and Wales", OPCS Series DH2 nos. 13–19;
  • for 1993–94, in "ONS Monitor DH2 96/1"; and
  • for 1995, in "ONS Monitor DH2 96/2".

Copies of these publications are available in the Library.

The figures on deaths in England and Wales from HIV and AIDS are shown in the table.

Year HIV AIDS
1986 24 262
1987 34 334
1988 42 393
1989 51 628
1990 65 736
1991 62 891
1992 85 1,009
1993 104 1,174
1994 110 1,216
1995 95 1,088

The number of deaths from tuberculosis in England and Wales is published, for 1986–92 in "Communicable disease statistics, England and Wales, 1994", ONS Series MB2 no. 21 (table 1B). Copies of this publication are available in the Library. Figures for 1993 and 1994 are shown in the table.

1993 1994
Tuberculosis (ICD91 010–018) 423 418
Late effects of tuberculosis (ICD91 137) 84 79
Total 507 497
1 International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision.Figures for 1995 are published in ONS Monitor DH2 96/2; copies of which are available in the Library.

The data on deaths in the United Kingdom for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are shown in the table:

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