Mr. Michael FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate of the number of people who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. [8861]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is not collected, although data can be provided on hospital in-patient care.
The figures in the table are taken from the hospital episode statistics database, which contains details of patients admitted to and treated in national health service hospitals in England.
The number of finished consultant episodes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the 1999–2000 data year are as follows:
Number Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 454 Other hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 172 A finished consultant episode is a period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. These figures do not represent the number of patients as a person may have more than one episode within the year.