HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 cc730-1W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new cases of heterosexually acquired HIV have occurred in each quarter since March 1997. [5379]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 19 July 2001]: The table lists the number of cases of heterosexually acquired HIV diagnosed per quarter in England, reported until the end of June 2001.

Year (quarter) 1Number of diagnoses Annual total
1997 (Q1) 240 926
1997 (Q2) 227
1997 (Q3) 211
1997 (Q4) 248
1998 (Q1) 250 1,081
1998 (Q2) 261
1998 (Q3) 273
1998 (Q4) 297
1999 (Q1) 307 1,304
1999 (Q2) 344
1999 (Q3) 352
1999 (Q4) 301
2000 (Q1) 429 1,665
2000 (Q2) 407
2000 (Q3) 423
2000 (Q4) 406
2001 (Q1) 408
2001 (Q2) 217
1The numbers, particularly for the most recent quarters, will rise as further cases are reported

Source:

Confidential clinician and laboratory reporting to the Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre the Public Health Laboratory Service

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