Cholesterol Mr. Lansley To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diagnoses of high cholesterol there were in England in each year since 1997-98; and how many such diagnoses were made in those under the age of 18 years. Caroline Flint The information requested is shown in the following table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-2000 |2000-01 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Age group |Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged under 18 |167 |121 |200 |167 |244|198|298|209| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged 18 and above|53,537 |39,373 |72,748 |53,420 |94,622|67,977|132,880|91,718| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Age not known |226 |153 |35 |32 |42|40|257|133| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |53,930 |39,647 |72,983 |53,619 |94,907|68,215|133,436|92,060| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Age group |Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts|Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged under 18 |344 |240 |336 |270 |393 |318 |558 |426 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged 18 and above|162,655 |111,682 |200,733 |134,702 |225,665 |155,308 |288,424 |195,375 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Age not known |202 |200 |141 |139 |87 |87 |70 |70 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |163,201 |112,122 |201,211 |135,111 |226,145 |155,713 |289,052 |195,871 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- |Age group |Finished consultant episodes|Patient counts| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged under 18 |656 |507 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Aged 18 and above|363,156 |241,424 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Age not known |58 |58 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |363,870 |241,989 | ---------------------------------------------------------------