HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 cc922-3W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) men and (b) women in England suffer from Alzheimer's disease. [24693]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 8 January 2002]: This information is not routinely collected. The 1998 Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study estimated that about 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have dementia. Alzheimer's disease causes up to 60 per cent. of cases of dementia.

The only available statistical returns are for hospital admissions. The number of admissions in England, by sex, for Alzheimer's disease in 2000–01 is shown in the table.

Number
Male 1,984
Female 3,538
Sex not known 41
Total 5,563

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