To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report, for each health authority for the latest available date, the number of people in Wales suffering from senile dementia, separately distinguishing the age groups (a) up to 65 years, (b) 65 to 75 years, (c) 75 to 80 years, (d) 80 to 85 years and (e) over 85 years.
The number of in-patient and day case deaths and discharges from NHS hospitals in Wales, by district health authority of treatment, with a principal diagnosis of senile and presenile organic psychotic conditions is shown in the following table for 1988.
0·65
| 66·75
| 76·80
| 81·85
| 86 +
| Not known
| All ages
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| Gwent | 11 | 82 | 120 | 108 | 103 | 6 | 430 |
| Gwynedd | 7 | 47 | 32 | 58 | 51 | 0 | 195 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 22 | 103 | 165 | 133 | 84 | 2 | 509 |
| Powys | 3 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 43 | 2 | 141 |
| South Glamorgan | 5 | 92 | 104 | 128 | 94 | 1 | 424 |
| West Glamorgan | 19 | 121 | 137 | 168 | 110 | 1 | 556 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
Presenile dementia:
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| Clwyd | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| East Dyfed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gwent | 14 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 71 |
| Gwynedd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Powys | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| South Glamorgan | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| West Glamorgan | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Other and unspecified:
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| Clwyd | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 55 |
| East Dyfed | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Gwent | 6 | 42 | 63 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 174 |
| Gwynedd | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 53 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 11 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 26 | 1 | 154 |
| Powys | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| South Glamorgan | 2 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| West Glamorgan | 8 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 117 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 The information may understate the true position in that not all hospitals provide complete clinical details relating to patient discharges and deaths. | |||||||