The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 11 December 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people have died from meningitis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (172972)
The attached table provides the number of deaths from bacterial and viral meningitis and other meningococcal diseases in (a) Jarrow parliamentary constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority, (c) North East Government Office Region, and (d) the UK, from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Deaths (persons) Jarrow South Tyneside North East UK 1997 0 0 29 517 1998 0 3 27 463 1999 1 0 22 433 2000 0 3 24 464 2001 0 0 17 430 2002 0 1 11 331 2003 0 1 14 379 2004 1 1 14 309 2005 0 0 14 311 2006 0 0 5 247 1 Cause of death selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes 036, 047, 320 and 322 for 1997 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes A39, A87 and G00-G03 for 2001 to 2006. The introduction of ICD-10 in 2001 means that the numbers of deaths from this cause before 2001 are not completely comparable with later years. 2 Based on parliamentary constituency and local authority boundaries as of 2007. 3 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 4 Figures include data provided by the Registrars General for Scotland and Northern Ireland.