HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 cc956-7W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the Easington Primary Care Group area suffer from respiratory and circulatory illnesses as a percentage of(a) the local population and (b) the population covered by the Durham health authority. [26770]

Jacqui Smith

Between 1 April 1999 and 31 March 2001, approximately 5,700 patients from Easington were admitted to hospital with respiratory or circulatory diseases, representing 5.8 per cent, of the local population and 0.9 per cent, of the population covered by County Durham and Darlington health authority.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients suffer from diabetes in the Easington Primary Care Group area as a percentage of(a) the local population and (b) the population covered by the Durham health authority. [26771]

Jacqui Smith

Local registers indicate that 2,630 patients from Easington currently suffer from diabetes, representing 2.7 per cent, of the local population and 0.4 per cent, of the population covered by County Durham and Darlington health authority.

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