Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of TB were recorded in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases between 2009 and 2013 in England and London are shown below in Table 1. The confidence interval refers to the probable range that the value will fall within.
Table 1
The confidence interval refers to the probable range that the value will fall within.
Source: Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance System (ETS), Office for National Statistics. Data as at May 2014. Prepared by: TB Section, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England
Year
| England | London | ||
Number of cases | Rate per 100,000 (95% CI) | Number of cases | Rate per 100,000 (95% CI) | |
2009 | 8,119 | 15.7 (15.3-16.0) | 3,404 | 42.9 (41.4-44.3) |
2010 | 7,677 | 14.7 (14.4-15.0) | 3,241 | 40.2 (38.8-41.6) |
2011 | 8,284 | 15.6 (15.3-16.0) | 3,489 | 42.5 (41.1-44) |
2012 | 8,099 | 15.1 (14.8-15.5) | 3,403 | 41 (39.6-42.4) |
2013 | 7,290 | 13.5 (13.2-13.8) | 2,985 | 35.5 (34.2-36.8) |
The three-year average of TB case reports and rates by local authority in London between 2011 and 2013 are shown below in Table 2 (three-year averages are provided, as single year numbers are too small to be stable for a number of locations).
Table 2
The confidence interval refers to the probable range that the value will fall within.
Local Authority | Average number of cases (2011-2013) | Average rate per 100,000 (95%CI) |
Barking and Dagenham | 67.0 | 35.2 (27.2 -44.7) |
Barnet | 94.3 | 25.8 (20.9 -31.6) |
Bexley | 31.0 | 13.2 (9.0 -18.8) |
Brent | 298.7 | 94.7 (84.3 -106.1) |
Bromley | 33.7 | 10.5 (7.2 -14.8) |
Camden | 59.0 | 26.2 (20.0 -33.8) |
City of London | 1.3 | 13.2 (0.3 -73.3) |
Croydon | 120.3 | 32.5 (27.0 -38.9) |
Ealing | 233.7 | 68.4 (59.9 -77.8) |
Enfield | 74.3 | 23.3 (18.3 -29.3) |
Greenwich | 115.7 | 44.2 (36.5 -53.1) |
Hackney | 88.0 | 34.9 (28.0 -43.0) |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 54.0 | 30.0 (22.6 -39.2) |
Haringey | 106.7 | 40.9 (33.5 -49.5) |
Harrow | 161.0 | 66.4 (56.6 -77.5) |
Havering | 24.7 | 10 (6.4 -14.9) |
Hillingdon | 123.3 | 43.7 (36.3 -52.1) |
Hounslow | 178.7 | 68.7 (59.0 -79.6) |
Islington | 71.7 | 33.6 (26.3 -42.4) |
Kensington and Chelsea | 38.3 | 24.4 (17.2 -33.4) |
Kingston upon Thames | 27.7 | 16.5 (10.9 -24.0) |
Lambeth | 91.0 | 29.3 (23.6 -36.0) |
Lewisham | 86.7 | 30.5 (24.4 -37.7) |
Merton | 65.3 | 32.1 (24.8 -41.0) |
Newham | 357.3 | 113.7 (102.2 -126.1) |
Redbridge | 155.3 | 54.5 (46.2 -63.7) |
Richmond upon Thames | 13.7 | 6.9 (3.7 -11.8) |
Southwark | 109.3 | 37.1 (30.5 -44.8) |
Sutton | 28.7 | 14.5 (9.6 -20.9) |
Tower Hamlets | 119.7 | 45.2 (37.5 -54.1) |
Waltham Forest | 121.7 | 46.1 (38.2 -55.1) |
Wandsworth | 80.7 | 25.9 (20.6 -32.3) |
Westminster | 60.0 | 26.8 (20.5 -34.5) |
Source: ETS, Office for National Statistics. Data as at May 2014. Prepared by: TB Section, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England
Primary care trusts have now been replaced by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The three-year average TB case reports and rates by CCGs in London between 2011-2013 are shown below in Table 3.
Table 3
The confidence interval refers to the probable range that the value will fall within.
CCG | Average number of cases (2011-2013) | Average rate per 100,000 (95%CI) |
NHS Barking & Dagenham | 67.0 | 35.2 (27.2 -44.7) |
NHS Barnet | 94.3 | 25.8 (20.9 -31.6) |
NHS Bexley | 31.0 | 13.2 (9 -18.8) |
NHS Brent | 298.7 | 94.7 (84.3 -106.1) |
NHS Bromley | 33.7 | 10.5 (7.2 -14.8) |
NHS Camden | 59.0 | 26.2 (20 -33.8) |
NHS Central London (Westminster) | 38.0 | 23.6 (16.7 -32.4) |
NHS City and Hackney | 89.3 | 34.3 (27.5 -42.2) |
NHS Croydon | 120.3 | 32.5 (27 -38.9) |
NHS Ealing | 233.7 | 68.4 (59.9 -77.8) |
NHS Enfield | 74.3 | 23.3 (18.3 -29.3) |
NHS Greenwich | 115.7 | 44.2 (36.5 -53.1) |
NHS Hammersmith and Fulham | 54.0 | 30 (22.6 -39.2) |
NHS Haringey | 106.7 | 40.9 (33.5 -49.5) |
NHS Harrow | 161.0 | 66.4 (56.6 -77.5) |
NHS Havering | 24.7 | 10 (6.4 -14.9) |
NHS Hillingdon | 123.3 | 44.8 (26.9 – 62.7) |
NHS Hounslow | 178.7 | 68.7 (59 -79.6) |
NHS Islington | 71.7 | 33.6 (26.3 -42.4) |
NHS Kingston | 27.7 | 16.5 (10.9 -24) |
NHS Lambeth | 91.0 | 29.3 (23.6 -36) |
NHS Lewisham | 86.7 | 30.5 (24.4 -37.7) |
NHS Merton | 65.3 | 32.1 (24.8 -41) |
NHS Newham | 357.3 | 113.7 (102.2 -126.1) |
NHS Redbridge | 155.3 | 54.5 (46.2 -63.7) |
NHS Richmond | 13.7 | 6.9 (3.7 -11.8) |
NHS Southwark | 109.3 | 37.1 (30.5 -44.8) |
NHS Sutton | 28.7 | 14.5 (9.6 -20.9) |
NHS Tower Hamlets | 119.7 | 45.2 (37.5 -54.1) |
NHS Waltham Forest | 121.7 | 46.1 (38.2 -55.1) |
NHS Wandsworth | 80.7 | 25.9 (20.6 -32.3) |
NHS West London (Kensington and Chelsea, Queen's Park and Paddington) | 60.3 | 27.4 (20.9 -35.3) |
CI: confidence interval. Only cases with complete postcodes were mapped to CCGs
Sources: ETS, Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates. Data as at May 2014. Prepared by: TB Section, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England