To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many outbreaks of infectious disease there were in care homes in each year since 1997.
Information about all outbreaks of infectious diseases in care homes is not collected centrally.
The Health Protection Agency has provided the information shown in the tables on infectious intestinal diseases and on influenza from their voluntary reporting system.
Year | Number of outbreaks |
---|---|
1997 | 152 |
1998 | 178 |
1999 | 167 |
2000 | 219 |
2001 | 159 |
2002 | 331 |
2003 | 187 |
Total | 1,393 |
provisional data.
Source:
HPA GSURV outbreak database 30/3/04
Year | Number of outbreaks |
---|---|
1997 | No data available |
1998 | 10 |
1999 | 7 |
2000 | 1 |
2001 | 1 |
2002 | 1 |
2003 | 3 |
Total | 23 |
Source:
HPA data.
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