§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the mortality rate for TB was in each year since 2000. [161100]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe mortality rate for tuberculosis in each year from 2000 is shown in the table.
Male Female 2000 –0.69 0.41 2001 –0.69 0.41 2002 –0.80 0.40 Note. Rates per 100,000 for England and Wales, directly age-standardised to the European Standard Population. Source: ONS
§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of TB there were in England in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by(a) age, (b) sex, (c) ethnicity and (d) patient's country of origin. [161140]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 15 March 2004]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
The following data are taken from the 2001 Enhanced tuberculosis surveillance.
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Number of TB cases by aet group and sex Sex not Age group Male Female reported Total Age not reported 2 3 0 5 0–4 79 68 0 147 5–9 59 59 0 118 10–14 83 95 0 178 15–19 167 187 1 355 20–24 330 276 2 608 25–29 445 351 2 798 30–34 400 297 2 699 35–39 306 231 1 538 40–44 266 181 0 447 45–49 233 176 1 410 50–54 186 153 0 339
Number of TB cases by age group and sex Sex not Age group Male Female reported Total 55–59 139 133 0 272 60–64 190 140 0 330 65–69 146 147 0 293 70–74 169 126 1 296 75–79 142 126 0 268 80–84 100 89 0 189 85–89 44 44 0 88 90 + 14 22 0 36 Total 3,500 2,904 10 6,414
Number of TB cases by place of birth TB cases Percentage Born in the UK 1963 30.60 Born abroad 3490 54.40 Place of birth not reported 961 15.00
Number of TB cases by ethnic group Ethnicity TB cases Percentage White 1,804 28.10 Black Caribbean 186 2.90 Black African 1,003 15.60 Black other 32 0.50 Indian 1,060 16.50 Pakistani 1,019 15.90 Bangladeshi 169 2.60 Chinese 82 1.30 Other (including mixed ethnic group) 486 7.60 Ethnic group not reported 573 8.90