Written question asked by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 September 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 8 September 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffering from AIDS are also infected with tuberculosis. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people suffering from AIDS are also infected with tuberculosis. [127432] Miss Melanie Johnson: The numbers of HIV-infected individuals diagnosed with AIDS in the last five years in England, for whom pulmonary or non-pulmonary tuberculosis was the first AIDS-defining illness, are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases 1998 117 1999 93 2000 142 2001 168 2002 1206 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Numbers may rise, particularly for the most recent year, as further reports are received. Source: Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency (data to end June 2003).

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