How many deaths have been caused by clostridium difficile in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

Answered Asked by Stewart Stevenson SNP Lodged 21 Dec 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have been caused by clostridium difficile in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 Jan 2006 · 33 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is given in the following table.
Deaths Caused by Clostridium Difficile, by NHS Board Area

| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004

Scotland
| 10
| 17
| 19
| 39
| 57
| 70
| 73
| 98

Argyll and Clyde
|
-
| 1
|
-
|
-
| 6
| 6
| 4
| 6

Ayrshire and Arran
| 2
| 1
|
-
| 2
| 7
| 9
| 5
| 12

Borders
|
-
|
-
| 1
| 2
|
-
| 1
| 2
|
-

Dumfries and Galloway
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 2

Fife
| 1
|
-
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 14

Forth Valley
|
-
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 4

Grampian
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 7

Greater Glasgow
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 10
| 10
| 15
| 15
| 20

Highland
| 1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 1
| 1
| 1

Lanarkshire
| 3
| 1
|

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