Diseases

(asked on 19th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) tuberculosis, (b) rickets and (c) measles were recorded in each month in the last 12 months.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 24th April 2018

The data for cases of tuberculosis (TB) for the last 12 months are not available in the format requested.

The most recent provisional data for the number and rate of TB cases notified in England in 2017 are available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693328/TB_ad_hoc_statistics_March_2018.pdf

Data on the number of cases of rickets recorded in England for each of the last 12 months are not available in the format requested.

The latest data available on the number of confirmed cases of rickets in England can be found here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/find-data-and-publications/supplementary-information/2018-supplementary-information-files/count-of-finished-admission-episodes-faes-with-a-primary-or-secondary-diagnosis-of-scurvy-rickets-and-malnutrition-supplementary-information

Data on the number of cases of measles recorded in England for each of the last 12 months are not available in the format requested.

The latest data available on the number of confirmed measles cases in England can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-mumps-and-rubella-laboratory-confirmed-cases-in-england-2017.

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