Hearing Impaired: Copeland

Mr. Jamie Reed
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in Copeland aged (a) under 18 and (b) over 18 years are registered as having impaired hearing.

Mr. Ivan Lewis
The information is not available in the format requested. The number of people registered deaf or hard of hearing in Cumbria as at March 2001, the most recent available data, is set out in the following table.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |Number|
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|People registered as deaf by age                                                                                                                                                                                        |      |
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|All ages                                                                                                                                                                                                                |301   |
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|0 to 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |31    |
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|18 to 64                                                                                                                                                                                                                |172   |
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|65 to 74                                                                                                                                                                                                                |47    |
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|75 or over                                                                                                                                                                                                              |51    |
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|People registered as hard of hearing                                                                                                                                                                                    |2,456 |
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|Source:People Registered as Deaf or Hard of Hearing year ending 31 March 2001, England. This is available at: www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/StatiscialWorkAreas/Statisticalsocialcare/DH_4098132|      |
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