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Hiv

Volume 174: debated on Tuesday 12 June 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each health authority in Wales, the number of persons infected with HIV; and if he will separately distinguish these numbers by age.

[holding answer 7 June 1990]: To safeguard confidentiality and in line with reporting procedure under the AIDS (Control) Act, actual numbers between one and nine—inclusive—diagnosed in individual health authorities are not published. Distribution by age is therefore shown for all Wales.

Table 1: Number of Reported HIV Infections by Health Authority Cumulative to 31 March 1990
Number
Clwyd14
East Dyfed1
Gwent15
Gwynedd16
Mid Glamorgan1
Pembrokeshire1
PowysNil
South Glamorgan69
West Glamorgan27
Wales157
1 Less than 10.
Table 2: Age Distribution of Reported HIV Infections Cumulative to 31 March 1990
Number
0–1412
15–2438
25–3457
35–4434
45 +18
Not known2
Total157
1 Age group as at when first tested positive.
2 Less than 10.