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Written Question · S2W-04738 · Session 2

How many (a) HIV and (b) chlamydia tests have been carried out in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Answered Asked by Shona Robison SNP Lodged 5 Dec 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) HIV and (b) chlamydia tests have been carried out in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 Dec 2003 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The number of diagnosticHIV-antibody tests undertaken by HIV testing laboratories in Scotland in 1999-2002is as follows:
NHS Board
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002

Argyll and Clyde
| 985
| 845
| 990
| 1,061

Ayrshire and Arran
| 594
| 666
| 823
| 1,319

Borders
| 113
| 115
| 147
| 139

Dumfries and Galloway
| 234
| 285
| 324
| 271

Fife
| 547
| 740
| 817
| 915

Forth Valley
| 384
| 401
| 430
| 531

Grampian
| 2,407
| 2,234
| 1,962
| 2,462

Greater Glasgow
| 4,369
| 4,410
| 6,133
| 5,917

Highland
| 766
| 748
| 829
| 924

Lanarkshire
| 1,052
| 1,150
| 1,281
| 1,569

Lothian
| 5,067
| 5,249
| 5,703
| 6,043

Orkney
| 12
| 13
| 26
| 55

Shetland
|

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