HC Deb 18 January 2002 vol 378 c533W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of human TB there have been in the United Kingdom since 1995, broken down by year and county. [26753]

Yvette Cooper

The number of reported cases of human tuberculosis in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2000 is shown in the table.

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 20001
Northern and Yorkshire 624 605 617 642 611 573
Trent 520 544 484 498 497 456
Eastern 267 260 232 268 228 273
London 2,024 2,190 2,411 2,444 2,493 2,643
South East 484 457 483 503 495 527
South West 202 201 212 213 209 228
West Midlands 654 655 610 673 712 734
North West 633 581 615 674 693 623
Wales 180 161 195 172 205 174
Scotland 478 509 433 464 497 406
Northern Ireland 90 75 75 61 61 58
Total 6,174 6,238 6,367 6,612 6,701 6,695
1 Provisional

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