Tuberculosis diagnosed in Jersey Tuberculosis diagnosed in Jersey
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Request 728652693
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law:
The number of confirmed cases of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in Jersey in each of the last five calendar years (e.g., 2020 to 2024).
For each year, please provide a breakdown of cases by:
Age group (e.g., 0–17, 18–34, 35–64, 65+)
Gender
Nationality or country of origin, if recorded
The number of TB-related hospital admissions in each of those years.
Any available information on treatment outcomes, such as the number of cases successfully treated or ongoing.
If any of the information is not available or cannot be disclosed, please provide the data that is available and explain any omissions.
Response
Confirmed diagnoses of tuberculosis each year, from 2020 to 2024 (inclusive), are detailed in the table below. Where fewer than five individuals have been diagnosed in a calendar year, disclosure control is applied to protect the privacy of individuals, and numbers are represented as ‘<5’. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied to protect the personal information of individuals concerned.
Year | New diagnoses
|
2020 | 10
|
2021 | 7
|
2022 | <5
|
2023 | <5
|
2024 | <5
|
Total | 26 |
Owing to small numbers recorded in several years and the potential for individuals to be identifiable, annual breakdowns of the demographic data requested are not provided, as doing so could lead to the identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals.
Totals for the 5-year period are provided.
Age at diagnosis | Count |
0 – 34 | 6
|
35 – 44 | 7
|
45 – 54 | 6
|
55 + | 7
|
Place of origin | Count |
Jersey | 5
|
United Kingdom | 3
|
Other European | 3
|
African nations | 5
|
Asian nations | 8
|
Other | 2
|
23 admissions have been identified from January 2020 to December 2024, including day case investigations for tuberculosis or tuberculosis-related symptoms. Owing to small numbers recorded in some years and the potential for individuals to be identifiable, an annual breakdown is not provided, as doing so could lead to the identification of individuals, and Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
All individuals diagnosed were initiated on anti-tuberculosis therapy:
• 23 are confirmed as completing full long-course treatment (multiple months).
• Two individuals completed initial treatment through Health and Care Jersey.
• One older adult passed away before completion of treatment.
Tuberculosis is a notifiable disease which requires reporting to local public health authorities. Information on symptoms of tuberculosis is available at Tuberculosis (TB) - NHS.
Article applied
Article 25 - Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
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