§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what levels of asthma have been recorded in the Torbay parliamentary constituency in each year since 1987; and what the national average levels of asthma were in each year since 1987. [3781]
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§ Ms JowellAccording to the available data provided by South and West Devon Health Authority, in-patient finished consultant episodes for asthma in the borough of Torbay are as follows:
Asthma in any diagnostic position Asthma as the main diagnosis 1993–94 484 233 1994–95 570 236 1995–96 785 217 1996–97 796 243 Nationally, there is no comprehensive data on the number of people with asthma.
According to data collected by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the mean weekly incidence of new general practitioner episodes of asthma per 100,000 population in England for each year since 1987 was as follows:
- 1987: 27.2
- 1988: 33.3
- 1989: 34.0
- 1990: 37.3
- 1991: 46.3
- 1992: 48.3
- 1993: 50.3
- 1994: 49.2
- 1995: 40.3
- 1996: 38.2.