Tuberculosis

(asked on 1st July 2015) - View Source

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.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 6th July 2015

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

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