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Monthly Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Statistics; As of Mon 1 Mar 2004

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The Department of Health issued on Mon 1 Mar 2004 the latest information

about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This

includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [abbreviated in

ProMED-mail as vCJD or CJD (new var.)] -- the form of the disease thought

to be linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The position is as

follows:

 

Definite and probable CJD cases in the UK:

 

Referrals of suspect CJD/ Deaths of definite and probable CJD

 

Year/ Referrals/ Sporadic/ Iatrogenic/ Familial/ GSS/ vCJD/ Total deaths

 

1990/ 53/ 28/ 5/ 0/ 0/ -/ 33

1991/ 75/ 32/ 1/ 3/ 0/ -/ 36

1992/ 96/ 45/ 2/ 5/ 1/ -/ 53

1993/ 78/ 37/ 4/ 3/ 2/ -/ 46

1994/ 118/ 53/ 1/ 4/ 3/ -/ 61

1995/ 87/ 35/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 47

1996/ 134/ 40/ 4/ 2/ 4/ 10/ 60

1997/ 161/ 60/ 6/ 4/ 1/ 10/ 81

1998/ 154/ 63/ 3/ 4/ 1/ 18/ 89

1999/ 170/ 62/ 6/ 2/ 0/ 15/ 85

2000/ 178/ 50/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 28/ 82

2001/ 179/ 57/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 20/ 85

2002/ 163/ 72/ 0/ 4/ 1/ 17/ 94

2003/ 153/ 63/ 5/ 2/ 2/ 18/ 90

2004*/ 16/ 5/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 6

 

Total/1815/702/45/40/22/139/948

 

(*Provisional as of Mon 1 Mar 2004)

 

Summary of vCJD cases

 

Deaths:

Deaths from definite vCJD (confirmed): 103

Deaths from probable vCJD (without neuropathological confirmation): 35

Deaths from probable vCJD (neuropathological confirmation pending): 1

Number of deaths from definite or probable vCJD (as above): 139

 

Alive:

Number of probable vCJD cases still alive: 7

 

Total number of definite or probable vCJD (dead and alive): 146

 

The precise definitions of the terms: Referrals, Deaths, Definite cases,

Probable vCJD cases, Sporadic, Probable sporadic, Iatrogenic, Familial,

GSS, variant CJD, and the case definitions can be found by accessing the

Department of Health web-site or by reference to a preceding ProMED-mail

post in this thread [CJD (new var.) - UK: update Mar 2002 20020305.3693]

The next monthly statistics will be published on Mon 5 Apr 2004.

 

 

 

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