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Strokes: Bexley

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases of stroke there were in (a) males and (b) females in each age group in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1999. [281658]

Ann Keen: The following table provides a count of the finished admission episodes for stroke in Bexley Care Trust broken down by age group and sex for the years 1999-2000 to 2007-08.

Count of finished admission episodes f or a primary diagnosis of stroke( *) in Bexley PCT for the ten year period 1998-99 to 2007-08, given by age groups and gender. Activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
Gender	Age groups	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-2000	1998-99
Male	0-9	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	0	*	0
	10-19	0	*	*	*	0	*	*	0	0	0
	20-29	*	*	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	*
	30-39	*	*	6	6	*	*	*	0	0	12
	40-49	8	8	7	11	8	9	7	*	*	*
	50-59	27	20	20	11	16	18	16	10	20	11
	60-69	31	27	33	21	27	28	23	27	25	33
	70-79	51	55	45	47	50	49	45	34	54	47
	80-89	46	34	40	31	49	41	33	48	36	47
	90+	9	11	*	*	11	8	6	*	*	6
	Total male	177	159	157	131	169	162	138	127	146	185
Female	0-9	*	0	0	*	0	*	*	8	0	*
	10-19	0	0	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	*
	20-29	*	*	0	*	*	*	0	*	0	0
	30-39	7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0
	40-49	*	9	*	8	*	*	6	*	6	*
	50-59	7	19	17	13	15	13	14	14	*	13
	60-69	17	20	27	24	18	18	28	18	33	25
	70-79	34	34	46	50	40	46	45	56	37	48
	80-89	81	54	61	77	75	53	62	56	58	66
	90+	24	16	17	29	26	25	13	20	15	13
	Total females	176	165	183	205	186	165	175	174	157	177
Unknown	80-89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Grand Total	353	324	341	336	355	327	318	301	308	342
Source: Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

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