Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

HC Deb 31 October 1996 vol 284 cc199-200W

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died of CJD in England and Wales in each year since 1990. [1117]

Mr. Horam

As at 29 October 1996, the number of deaths in confirmed cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales, including sporadic, iatrogenic, familial, new-variant CJD and Gertsmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome in each year since 1990 are as follows:

Year	Confirmed deaths
1990	27
1991	31
1992	45
1993	38
1994	55
1995	42
19961	29
1 Up to end of September 1996. Comparable figures for the United Kingdom were published in the chief medical officer's "Update" issue 12, published on 28 October, copies of which are available in the Library.