Written question asked by Gavin Strang (Labour) on Monday, 17 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. It was answered by Calum Macdonald (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 May 1999 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the cumulative numbers of people with AIDS who died 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. - Including table.

Answer: Dr. Strang: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the cumulative numbers of people with AIDS who died 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. [84820] Mr. Macdonald: The information is set out in the following table: Cumulative AIDS deaths 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 1988 1998 1999 Argyll and Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Ayrshire and Arran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 Borders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12 Forth Valley 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 Grampian 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30 30 Greater Glasgow 0 1 1 2 2 8 19 180 180 Highland 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 5 Lanarkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 10 Lothian 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 335 335 Orkney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tayside 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 128 130 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 0 1 1 2 3 13 42 721 723 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 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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