Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 17 July 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) tuberculosis and (b) drug resistant tuberculosis there have been in England in each year since 1997; and how many deaths resulted. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) tuberculosis and (b) drug resistant tuberculosis there have been in England in each year since 1997; and how many deaths resulted. [124799] Miss Melanie Johnson: Notifications of tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) are made to the Health Protection Agency. The total numbers of TB and MDR TB cases and deaths are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases MDR (%) Isoniazid resistant (%) Deaths1 1997 5,664 1.4 5.6 385 1998 5,915 1.4 6.3 392 1999 5,938 0.8 6.1 383 2000 6,379 1.1 6.5 370 2001 6,571 N/A N/A 375 2002 26,627 N/A N/A N/A _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 England and Wales figure (ONS data). 2 Provisional figure.

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