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Mr. Nigel Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients received heart pacemakers in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the reliability of pacemakers. [134242]
Miss Melanie Johnson
Figures published in the National Pacemaker Database Annual Report for 2002 are shown in the table.
| For the United Kingdom | |||
| Total | New | Replacement | |
| 1998 | 23,366 | 18,674 | 4,692 |
| 1999 | 23,705 | 18,912 | 4,793 |
| 2000 | 24,916 | 19,439 | 5,477 |
| 2001 | 27,028 | 20,643 | 6,385 |
| 2002 | 25,397 | 19,154 | 6,243 |