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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died in each of the last five years as a result of contamination by blood products (a) from HIV/AIDS, (b) from hepatitis C and (c) co-infected with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C; and how many who were found to be suffering from each such contamination in each of those years remain alive. [142588] Miss Melanie Johnson: The number of haemophilia patients infected with HIV/AIDS from infected national health service blood products registered with the Macfarlane Trust, how have died in the last five years are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1998 22 1999 19 2000 24 2001 13 2002 12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The total number of registrants who remain alive is 397. Information on the total number of patients who have died in each of the last five years from hepatitis C as a result of infection through NHS blood products and the number who remain alive in each of those years is not collected. The figure on the total number of patients co-infected with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C who have died in each of the last five years is not collected. The latest information from the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors Organisations shows the total number of co-infected patients alive at 1 January 2000 is 469.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

415 c367-8W; 142588

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Death Contamination Blood HIV/AIDS Hepatitis NHS Patients Blood transfusions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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