Tuberculosis

HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 cc1071-2W

Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of TB were reported in each month since 1997. [161141]

Miss Melanie Johnson

[holding answer 15 March 2004]: The numbers of tuberculosis cases reported each week since 1997 are shown in the table.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Year total	5,664	5,915	5,938	6,379	6,571	6,627
Week number
1	87	59	104	110	113	71
2	102	110	111	135	116	177
3	110	95	101	114	120	110
4	111	108	109	98	126	110
5	127	125	106	127	141	97
6	111	123	126	147	130	151
7	123	99	90	123	111	108
8	100	104	106	108	112	152
9	118	101	123	133	127	123

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
10	107	135	124	105	101	109
11	115	110	107	121	110	112
12	126	93	105	141	124	138
13	96	124	106	133	95	89
14	88	107	103	126	147	92
15	102	131	123	132	112	153
16	123	79	131	155	116	163
17	157	110	134	96	149	125
18	94	102	94	133	154	170
19	90	93	144	134	101	99
20	133	133	174	146	146	154
21	118	109	113	125	211	114
22	102	105	99	105	111	225
23	116	153	112	135	170	74
24	105	114	124	109	159	150
25	130	122	142	159	171	147
26	102	124	148	120	128	177
27	120	149	131	143	156	136
28	91	112	142	120	145	124
29	106	136	134	142	125	143
30	115	140	99	129	169	144
31	104	129	144	121	116	130
32	126	107	141	116	142	156
33	124	109	135	127	113	121
34	113	111	115	167	115	134
35	84	129	90	97	85	96
36	111	53	119	111	131	127
37	122	82	107	108	127	109
38	119	138	122	137	134	120
39	115	123	110	139	114	116
40	94	119	104	131	130	152
41	101	113	112	124	142	106
42	94	129	98	124	101	102
43	142	116	85	120	117	132
44	114	124	123	124	116	115
45	102	95	101	99	114	141
46	86	109	100	121	97	127
47	102	130	117	106	145	123
48	106	103	114	101	152	114
49	111	115	113	124	92	164
50	102	137	80	83	108	120
51	90	90	99	132	127	95
52	77	104	44	63	57	90
53	—	45	—	—	—	—

Source: Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.

Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of multi-drug resistant TB was in each year since 1990. [161045]

Miss Melanie Johnson

[holding answer 15 March 2004]: Routine surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance commenced in 1994. The incidence of multi-drug resistance since then is shown in the table.

	Percentage
1993	0.8
1994	1.5
1995	1.9
1996	1.7
1997	1.3
1998	1.4
1999	0.8
2000	1.0
2001	1.2
2002	11.1
1Provisional figure.

Source:

Health Protection Agency, communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.