§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many teenagers were treated for sexually transmitted diseases in(a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1996. [177794]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave him on 1 March 2004,Official Report, column 709W and on 25 March 2004, Official Report, column 1067W. I regret, however, that investigation has revealed that the data previously provided, on 1 March at column 709W in respect of strategic health authorities, was incorrect. Revised data are shown in the table.
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New diagnoses of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs)1 in teenagers (under 20 yews of age) by strategic health authority (SHA) in England, 1995–2002
SHA 1995 1996 1997 1998 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 738 837 947 947 Shropshire and Staffordshire 502 533 597 688 South East London 1,192 1,329 1,413 1,653 South West London 318 497 622 723 South West Peninsula 457 549 630 722 South Yorkshire 938 1,150 1,359 1,331 Surrey and Sussex 508 700 815 958 Thames Valley 621 797 885 1,054 Trent 1,409 1,523 1.909 1,864 West Yorkshire 939 925 1,128 1,385 England total 18,748 21,386 25,143 27,355
SHA 1999 2000 2001 2002 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 1,147 1,288 1,340 1,398 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 779 830 872 870 Birmingham and the Black Country 1,373 1,441 2,098 2,347 Cheshire and Merseyside 1,506 1,706 1,840 2,241 County Durham and Tees Valley 618 578 606 764 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 718 864 891 898 Cumbria and Lancashire 1,132 1,197 1,325 1,596 Dorset and Somerset 624 760 753 855 Essex 783 759 919 937 Greater Manchester 2,025 2,218 2,464 2,494 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,184 1,325 1,117 1,212 Kent and Medway 627 626 571 689 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 887 1,239 1,072 1,185 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 1,117 1,222 1,295 1,463 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 639 678 912 1,278 North Central London 856 975 1,250 1,398 North East London 989 1,271 1,561 1,759 North West London 1,163 1,816 1,833 1,755 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 1,083 1,144 1,086 1,163 Shropshire and Staffordshire 812 879 985 1,051 South East London 1,805 1,755 1,850 1,871 South West London 906 1,228 1,253 1,476 South West Peninsula 811 880 886 980 South Yorkshire 1,454 1,544 1,567 1,847 Surrey and Sussex 990 1,122 1,185 1,484 Thames Valley 1,086 1,248 1,411 1,423 Trent 1,910 1,959 2,005 2,241 West Yorkshire 1,522 1,536 1,944 2,275 England total 30,546 34,088 36,891 40,950 1 STIs for which age group data is collected: infectious syphilis, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, genital herpes, genital warts. Source: Health Protection Agency, KC60 returns.