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Mr. Ruane
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have been diagnosed as suffering limiting long-standing illness or disability in each of the (i) unitary and (ii) health authority areas in Wales for each of the past 10 years. [81338]
| Numbers with a limiting long-term illness, by authority | |||
| Health authority | Local authority | Long-term illness, health problems or handicap limiting daily activities or work that can be done 1991 Census of population | Long-standing illness, disability or infirmity having troubled or likely to affect a person over a period of time 1997 Welsh household interview survey estimates 1 |
| North Wales | 91,275 | 97,400 | |
| Isle of Anglesey | 9,463 | 11,400 | |
| Gwynedd | 15,522 | 15,300 | |
| Conwy | 16,140 | 15,500 | |
| Denbighshire | 14,179 | 14,200 | |
| Flintshire | 18,093 | 20,700 | |
| Wrexham | 17,878 | 20,300 | |
| Dyfed Powys | 69,395 | 70,800 | |
| Powys | 15,510 | 14,200 | |
| Ceredigion | 8,320 | 7,900 | |
| Pembrokeshire | 15,239 | 13,500 | |
| Carmarthenshire | 30,326 | 35,200 | |
| Morgannwg | 89,493 | 92,500 | |
| Swansea | 37,951 | 41,300 | |
| Neath Port Talbot | 28,799 | 28,200 | |
| Bridgend | 22,743 | 23,000 | |
| Bro Taf | 115,054 | 117,000 | |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 14,793 | 17,900 | |
| Cardiff | 38,426 | 40,400 | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 49,016 | 46,200 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 12,819 | 12,500 | |
| Gwent | 92,801 | 96,500 | |
| Caerphilly | 32,665 | 33,700 | |
| Blaenau Gwent | 15,291 | 16,100 | |
| Torfaen | 15,535 | 16,400 | |
| Monmouthshire | 9,653 | 8,000 | |
| Newport | 19,657 | 22,300 | |
| Wales | 458,018 | 474,100 | |
| 1Figures may not add-up exactly due to rounding | |||