HC Deb 28 November 1996 vol 286 cc399-400W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of(a) AIDS, (b) hepatitis B, (c) prostate cancer, (d) tuberculosis, (e) whooping cough and (f) lung cancer were reported in 1995. [5547]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The latest available information for Wales is as follows:

  1. (a) 20 AIDS cases were reported to the communicable disease surveillance centre Wales in 1995.
  2. (b) 24 cases of hepatitis B were notified in 1995.
  3. (c) 857 cases of cancer of the prostate were registered as newly diagnosed in 1990.
  4. (d) 180 cases of tuberculosis (excluding chemoprophylaxis) were notified in 1995.
  5. (e) 112 cases of whooping cough were notified in 1995.
    6. 400
  6. (f) 2,314 cases of cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung were registered as newly diagnosed in 1990.