§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MRSA reports have been(a) voluntarily and (b) mandatorily received in (i) England and (ii) each NHS region since 1996 (A) in total and (B) as a proportion of the population.[157595]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe tables show the number of reported bacteraemia (blood stream) infections and rates per 100,000 head of the population for each region. Although data for the voluntary reporting system are available from 1996 they are known to be incomplete. Mandatory reporting was introduced in April 2001 and data for the first two years are provided.
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Number of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) laboratory reports—and rate per 100,000 population—mandatory surveillance. 2001–02 2002–03 Region Number MRSA
Rate Number MRSA
Rate North East 363 14.42 380 15.12 Yorkshire and Humberside 714 14.37 671 13.47 East Midlands 543 13.01 494 11.72 Eastern 744 13.79 710. 13.10 London 1,571 21.86 1,655 22.50 South East1 967 12.08 936 11.65 South West 696 14.11 738 14.88 West Midlands 761 14.45 812 15.31 North West 867 12.88 934 13.84 England 7,226 14.69 7,330 14.80 1 Analysis based on 24/25 trusts in this region, due to late submission of data from one trust