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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Brian Cotter: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have died of MRSA in care homes, as a proportion of total MRSA deaths, in each of the last five years. [204586] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Brian Cotter, dated 15 December 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people have died of MRS A in care homes, as a proportion of total MRS A deaths in each of the last five years. (204586) The latest year for which figures are available is 2002. Figures on deaths in care homes in England and Wales for the years 1998 to 2002, where MRS A was mentioned anywhere on death certificate, are given in the table. Deaths in care homes1 where MRSA was a contributory factor2, in care homes, England and Wales, 1998-20023 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage of all MRSA deaths 1998 42 10.2 1999 38 7.8 2000 51 7.6 2001 53 7.2 2002 53 6.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Care homes were defined as NHS and non-NHS nursing homes, local authority residential homes and private residential homes 2 Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004) Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993-2002. Health Statistics Quarterly 21, 15-22, 3 Figures are for deaths occurring in 1998 to 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

204586; 428 c1089W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Care homes Death MRSA

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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