§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will update the table showing deaths from new vCJD, published in the Official Report—of 27 March 2000 (W A55 and 56). [HL572]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)An updated table is provided as follows. It includes information relating to known deaths from variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD) up to 2 February 2001. It supersedes the data provided on 27 March 2000, and contains some corrections.
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Tabel 1: Variant CJD cases in the United Kingdom, by month and year of death, dale of onset of symptoms and date \CJD was confirmed Date of death Date of onset of symptoms Date vCJD confirmed May 1995 Jun 1994 Sep 1995 Nov 1995 Jan 1995 Jan 1996 Nov 1995 Dec 1994 Jan 1996 Jan 1996 Feb 1994 Jan 1996 Jan 1996 Jul 1994 Jan 1996 Feb 1996 Mar 1995 Mar 1996 Feb 1996 Jan 1995 Mar 1996 Feb 1996 Aug 1994 Feb 1996 May 1996 Aug 1995 Mar 1996 Jun 1996 Jan 1995 Apr 1996 Jun 1996 Jan 1994 July 1996 Sep 1996 July 1995 Sep 1996 Nov 1996 Dec 1995 * Feb 1997 Dec 1995 June 1997 Feb 1997 Dec 1994 July 1997 Mar 1997 Oct 1995 May 1997 Mar 1997 Mar 1996 Feb 1997 May 1997 Mar 1996 June 1997 May 1997 Mar 1994 Sep 1995 Jun 1997 Jan 1996 Jun 1997 July 1997 Nov 1996 Oct 1997 Oct 1997 Oct 1996 Nov 1997 142WA
Tabel 1: Variant CJD cases in the United Kingdom, by month and year of death, dale of onset of symptoms and date vCJD was confirmed Date of death Dale of onset of symptoms Date vCJD confirmed Dec 1997 Jan 1996 Sep 1996 Jan 1998 Feb 1997 Mar 1998 Mar 1998 Sep 1995 May 1998 Apr 1998 Mar 1996 Jun 1998 May 1998 May 1996 May 1998 Aug 1998 Jul 1997 Oct 1998 Aug 1998 Jul 1997 Oct 1998 Oct 1998 Nov 1997 Oct 1998 Oct 1998 May 1996 Nov 1998 Oct 1998 Nov 1997 Nov 1998 Oct 1998 Jul 1997 Nov 1998 Oct 1998 Oct 1997 Dec 1998 Nov 1998 Nov 1997 Feb 1999 Nov 1998 Apr 1998 Feb 1999 Nov 1998 Mar 1998 * Dec 1998 Dec 1996 * Dec 1998 Aug 1997 Oct 1999 Dec 1998 May 1998 Feb 1999 Dec 1998 Dec 1997 Mar 1999 Jan 1999 Feb 1998 Feb 1999 Feb 1999 Dec 1997 Sep 1999 Feb 1999 Oct 1997 Jun 1999 Feb 1999 Dec 1997 May 1999 May 1999 Jan 1998 Mar 2000 Jul 1999 May 1998 Jul 1999 Aug 1999 Jan 1999 Aug 1999 Aug 1999 Jun 1998 Nov 1999 Sep 1999 Dec 1998 Sep 1999 Oct 1999 July 1998 Dec 1999 Oct 1999 Mar 1999 Sep 2000 Oct 1999 Jul 1998 Jan 2000 Nov 1999 May 1998 Dec 1999 Nov 1999 Feb 1999 Aug 2000 Dec 1999 Jun 1999 May 2000 Jan 2000 Apr 1999 Jan 2000 Feb 2000 Apr 1999 Apr 2000 Feb 2000 Jun 1998 Jun 2000 Mar 2000 Sep 1998 May 2000 Mar 2000 Sep 1998 Apr 2000 Mar 2000 May 1999 Jun 2000 Apr 2000 Feb 1998 * Apr 2000 May 1999 Aug 2000 Apr 2000 Apr 1999 Aug 2000 May 2000 May 1999 * May 2000 Apr 1999 Jun 2000 May 2000 Jul 1998 Aug 2000 Jun 2000 Jul 1999 + June 2000 Mar 1997 Jun 2000 Jul 2000 Mar 1999 Aug 2000 Jul 2000 Aug 1999 Sep 2000 Jul 2000 Oct 1998 Sep 2000 Aug 2000 Jan 2000 Oct 2000 Aug 2000 Jun 1999 Aug 2000 Aug 2000 Jul 1999 Nov 2000 Aug 2000 Oct 1999 Oct 2000 Sep 2000 Dec 1999 + Sep 2000 Oct 1999 Oct 2000 Sep 2000 Nov 1999 * Oct 2000 Dec 1999 Oct 2000 Oct 2000 Jul 1998 Dec 2000 Nov 2000 Dec 1999 + Nov 2000 Mar 2000 Jan 2001 Jan 2001 Nov 1998 * Jan 2001 Aug 2000 + * Cases not confirmed neucopathologically and therefore classed as "probable vCJD' + Cases who have died with post mortem result awaited
Table 2: vCJD cases in the UK by age at death Age at death Number of Cases 0–9 0 10–19 13 20–29 39 30–39 24 40–49 4 50–59 5 60÷ 1
§ The Duke of Montroseasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the detailed research that is undertaken on the life and habits of victims of new variant CJD has included, or will from now include, a record of whether or not they have been blood donors. [HL594]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe standard questionnaire used by National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit staff, when obtaining information about patients, includes a question on whether the patient has ever been a blood donor, and also asks for the dates) and place(s) of any donation(s).