Written question asked by Gavin Strang (Labour) on Monday, 17 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 1999. It was answered by Calum Macdonald (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 1999 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people diagnosed with AIDS and not known to have died there were in (a) Scotland and (b) each health board area of Scotland in each year from 1981 to 1988, in 1998 and in 1999 to date. - Includes table.

Answer: Dr. Strang: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people diagnosed with AIDS and not known to have died there were in (a) Scotland and (b) each health board area of Scotland in each year from 1981 to 1988, in 1998 and in 1999 to date. [84818] Mr. Macdonald: The information is set out in the following table: AIDS cases not known to be dead as at 31 December of selected years by health board of AIDS registration, and for Scotland, as at 31 March 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Health Board 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1998 1999 Argylle & 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 Clyde Ayrshire & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Arran Borders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dumfries & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galloway Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 15 Forth Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grampian 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 7 Greater 0 0 0 1 3 1 10 13 77 78 Glasgow Highland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 Lanarkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Lothian 0 0 0 2 3 6 15 25 106 110 Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tayside 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 26 24 Western 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isles Scotland 0 0 0 3 7 9 29 46 243 246 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: This table is based on year of AIDS diagnosis. Source: The Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health AIDS/HIV Register From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

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