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Bovine TB: Badger carcases where cause of death classified as due to Road Traffic Accident: 1972-1998

County
1972-95
1996
1997
1998
Examined
TB Positive
% Positive
Examined
TB Positive
% Positive
Examined
TB Positive
% Positive
Examined
TB Positive
% Positive
Avon
1,063
60
5.6%
86
8
9.3%
65
3
4.6%
92
6
6.5%
Bedfordshire
32
-
-
-
-
Berkshire
1
-
-
-
-
Buckinghamshire
108
-
-
-
-
Cambridgeshire
30
-
-
-
-
Cheshire
266
1
0.4%
-
9
-
24
-
Cleveland
1
-
-
-
-
Cornwall
2,158
67
3.1%
133
8
6.0%
139
5
3.6%
165
10
6.1%
Cumbria
64
-
1
-
-
-
Derbyshire
225
-
-
7
-
17
-
Devon
1,029
25
2.4%
39
6
15.4%
61
3
4.9%
81
4
4.9%
Dorset
1,039
15
1.4%
6
-
12
2
16.7%
10
1
10.0%
Durham
14
-
-
-
-
East Sussex
606
14
2.3%
3
2
66.7%
7
2
28.6%
2
-
Essex
264
-
-
-
-
Gloucestershire
2,477
262
10.6%
146
31
21.2%
105
23
21.9%
197
37
18.8%
Greater London
2
-
-
-
-
Greater Manchester
2
-
-
-
-
Hampshire
117
-
-
-
-
Hereford & Worcester
595
13
2.2%
73
10
13.7%
75
17
22.7%
127
12
9.4%
Hertford
199
-
-
-
-
Humberside
6
-
-
-
-
Isle of Wight
3
-
-
-
-
Kent
131
1
0.8%
-
-
-
Lancashire
4
-
-
-
3
-
Leicestershire
414
-
-
1
-
-
Lincolnshire
69
-
-
-
1
-
Merseyside
3
-
-
-
-
Middlesex
14
-
-
-
-
Norfolk
3
-
-
-
-
North Yorkshire
15
-
-
-
-
Northamptonshire
174
-
-
-
-
Northumberland
37
-
-
-
-
Nottinghamshire
21
-
-
-
3
-
Oxfordshire
56
1
1.8%
-
-
5
-
Shropshire
128
1
0.8%
11
1
9.1%
25
2
8.0%
49
-
Somerset
900
3
0.3%
25
3
12.0%
41
1
2.4%
43
6
14.0%
South Yorkshire
5
-
-
-
1
-
Staffordshire
294
3
1.0%
15
4
26.7%
75
6
8.0%
112
8
7.1%
Suffolk
31
-
-
-
-
Surrey
101
2
2.0%
-
-
-
Tyne & Wear
6
-
-
-
-
Warwickshire
222
-
-
-
-
West Midlands
27
1
3.7%
-
-
-
West Sussex
34
-
-
-
-
West Yorkshire
12
-
-
-
-
Wiltshire
1,185
47
4.0%
16
3
18.8%
22
9
40.9%
29
4
13.8%
England total
14,187
516
3.6%
554
76
13.7%
644
73
11.3%
961
88
9.2%
Clwyd
44
2
4.5%
-
-
-
Dyfed
433
6
1.4%
10
-
7
1
14.3%
6
1
16.7%
Mid Glamorgan
6
-
-
-
-
South Glamorgan
6
-
-
-
1
-
West Glamorgan
9
-
1
-
1
-
2
-
Gwent
165
6
3.6%
25
6
24.0%
21
1
4.8%
44
9
20.5%
Gwynedd
29
-
-
-
-
Powys
269
-
2
-
-
-
Wales total
961
14
1.5%
38
6
15.8%
29
2
6.9%
53
10
18.9%
Aberdeenshire
6
-
-
-
-
Ayrshire
1
-
-
-
-
Banffshire
1
-
-
-
-
Berwickshire
27
-
-
-
-
Dumfrieshire
1
-
-
-
-
Invernessshire
2
-
-
-
-
Kirkcudbright
1
-
-
-
-
Lanarkshire
7
-
-
-
-
Midlothian
3
1
33.3%
-
-
-
Moray
1
-
-
-
-
Perthshire
1
-
-
-
-
Roxburgh
3
-
-
-
-
Selkirk
1
-
-
-
-
West Lothian
1
-
-
-
-
Scotland total
56
1
1.8%
0
0
-
0
0
-
0
0
-
GB Total

15,204

531

3.5%

592

82

13.9%

673

75

11.1%

1,014

98

9.7%

Note: These figures exclude badgers examined in connection with official investigations.

Page last modified: 19 December 2005

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