asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many cases of tetanus have been reported in the United Kingdom in each of the past 20 years; how many of these involved people over the age of 60 years; and how many fatalities from tetanus have been recorded during this period.[HL3062]
Cases of tetanus and deaths from tetanus for the United Kingdom, are given in the following table, with data for cases involving people aged 65 and over in brackets.
Year Cases in the UK Cases in people >65 (-) Deaths in the UK 1987 16 (9) 3 1988 16 (6) 6 1989 21 (10) 5 1990 13 (7) 1 1991 11 (7) 5 1992 11 (5) 3 1993 11 (7) 4 1994 5 (2) — 1995 6 (3) 1 1996 9 (5) 1 1997 8 (6) 2 1998 9 (3) 2 1999 4 (3) 1 2000 2 (--) 1 2001 6 (3) — 2002 7 (4) 1 2003 14 (2) 1 2004 23 (2) 1 2005 9 (2) — 2006 3 (1)* —
Data have been compiled from laboratory reports, notifications and clinically diagnosed cases.
Relating to people aged 60 and over: data cannot be provided separately. Data are provided by standard age groups and it is not possible to provide data by non-standard age groups. The data in brackets provide the number of cases for people 65 years and over—the nearest standard age group.
Notes: *provisional