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Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the notification rate of tuberculosis by health authorities in each of the last five years. [12620]
Mr. Horam
The figures are shown in the table
All tuberculosis rates per 100,000 population (excluding chemoprophylaxis)
| |||||
1991
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995 Provisional
| |
RHA
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| Northern | 7.60 | 8.65 | 8.22 | 6.29 | 6.83 |
| Yorkshire | 13.31 | 10.57 | 12.57 | 10.75 | 12.15 |
| Trent | 9.46 | 8.87 | 10.87 | 9.60 | 10.52 |
| East Anglian | 4.03 | 3.69 | 3.39 | 2.87 | 4.23 |
| North-west Thames | 22.13 | 25.61 | 24.17 | 28.35 | 30.21 |
| North-east Thames | 19.99 | 22.35 | 21.14 | 23.93 | 23.51 |
| South-east Thames | 9.88 | 10.32 | 11.41 | 11.45 | 10.97 |
| South-west Thames | 7.73 | 8.14 | 9.07 | 8.78 | 8.45 |
| Wessex | 3.33 | 3.41 | 3.65 | 4.03 | 5.10 |
| Oxford | 7.19 | 7.48 | 8.21 | 5.32 | 7.96 |
| South Western | 3.61 | 4.10 | 4.65 | 5.37 | 4.54 |
| West Midlands | 15.55 | 16.47 | 14.90 | 13.79 | 12.50 |
| Mersey | 4.55 | 5.64 | 7.42 | 4.27 | 6.14 |
| North Western | 13.76 | 15.80 | 15.08 | 13.10 | 12.36 |
| Wales | 5.74 | 6.93 | 6.85 | 6.21 | 6.18 |
| England and Wales | 10.64 | 11.31 | 11.51 | 10.83 | 11.18 |