§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have been diagnosed as suffering limiting long-standing illness or disability in each of the (i) unitary and (ii) health authority areas in Wales for each of the past 10 years. [81338]
Numbers with a limiting long-term illness, by authority Health authority Local authority Long-term illness, health problems or handicap limiting daily activities or work that can be done 1991 Census of population Long-standing illness, disability or infirmity having troubled or likely to affect a person over a period of time 1997 Welsh household interview survey estimates 1 North Wales 91,275 97,400 Isle of Anglesey 9,463 11,400 Gwynedd 15,522 15,300 Conwy 16,140 15,500 Denbighshire 14,179 14,200 Flintshire 18,093 20,700 Wrexham 17,878 20,300 Dyfed Powys 69,395 70,800 Powys 15,510 14,200 Ceredigion 8,320 7,900 Pembrokeshire 15,239 13,500 Carmarthenshire 30,326 35,200 Morgannwg 89,493 92,500 Swansea 37,951 41,300 Neath Port Talbot 28,799 28,200 Bridgend 22,743 23,000 Bro Taf 115,054 117,000 The Vale of Glamorgan 14,793 17,900 Cardiff 38,426 40,400 Rhondda Cynon Taff 49,016 46,200 Merthyr Tydfil 12,819 12,500 Gwent 92,801 96,500 Caerphilly 32,665 33,700 Blaenau Gwent 15,291 16,100 Torfaen 15,535 16,400 Monmouthshire 9,653 8,000 Newport 19,657 22,300 Wales 458,018 474,100 1Figures may not add-up exactly due to rounding Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.