Tuberculosis
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people with a diagnosis of (a) TB and (b) drug-resistant TB in (i) Wirral, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England.
Data for the number of people with tuberculosis (TB) and drug resistant TB is displayed in the following table:
Area | TB notifications |
| Drug resistance / multi-drug resistant or rifampicin resistant TB 2012-16 |
|
| Number of cases | Number of cases | ||
Wirral | 10 | * | ||
Merseyside | 60 | * | ||
North West | 603 | 30 | ||
England | 5,954 | 333 | ||
Source: Tuberculosis in England 2017 report
Note:
*Figures are not published at this boundary level