CJD facts

Deaths 80.

Victims still alive 5.

First known death Stephen Churchill, aged 19, May 1995.

Youngest death 15.

Oldest death 54.

Youngest victim Girl of 14 still alive. Symptoms first evident at 12.

Length of obvious illness Few months to more than three years.

Incubation period Unknown.

Cause Chief suspect is contaminated beef products. Not conclusively proven.

The ones who have died, aged 15 to 54

The first victims of the disease now known as vCJD began showing symptoms in 1994, although it was March 1996 before their condition was formally identified as a new phenomenon. By then, 10 were dead. There are thought to be 85 victims, including five still alive. Some families have wished to remain anonymous.

Stephen Churchill, 19, of Devizes, Wilts, first to die in May 1995.

Michelle Bowen, 29, former butcher's assistant, died Nov 1995.

Jean Wake, 38, of Tyne and Wear, died Nov 1995, years after working as a meat-chopper in a pie factory.

Maurice Callaghan, 30, died Nov 1995.

Ann Richardson, 41, of Liverpool, died Jan 1996.

Leonard Franklin, 52, abattoir worker, died Feb 1996.

Alison Williams, 30, of Caernarfon, north Wales, died Feb 1996.

Peter Hall, 20, vegetarian student, of Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, died Feb 1996.

Anna Pearson, 29, of Canterbury, Kent, died Feb 1996.

Ken Sharpe, 42, of Liverpool, died March 1996.

Andrew Haig, 31,of Fife, died May 1996.

Nina Cadwallader, 23, of Harpenden, Herts, died May 1996.

Barry Baker, 29, of High Halden, Kent, died June 1996.

Michael Clifford, 50, of Redditch, Worcestershire, died June 1996.

Janice Stuart, 35, died Sept 1996.

Victoria Lowther, 19, of Carlisle, Cumbria, died Nov 1996.

Margaret Tibbert, 29, from Glasgow, was another early victim.

Neil Fayers, a London-born community psychiatric nurse, who became a vegetarian in 1991, died Feb 1997.

Adrian Hodgkinson, 25, of Harrogate, Yorkshire, died in Feb 1997.

Susan Carey, 36, of Mersham, Kent, died March 1997.

Matthew Parker, 19, trainee chef from Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, died March 1997.

Louise Adams, 23, of Basingstoke, Hampshire, died May 1997.

Nina Cadwallader, 23, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, died May 1997.

Gulcan Hassan, 19, of south London, died May 1997.

Keith Humphreys, 42, of Northfield, Birmingham, died July 1997.

Mandy Minto, 27, former European youth judo champion, died 1997.

Neil Kreibich, 37, of Newcastle upon Tyne, died 1997.

Michael Connor, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, died Sept 1997.

Christopher Warne, 36, of Ripley, Derbys, died Oct 1997.

Victoria Rimmer, 20, of Connah's Quay, Clwyd, diagnosed in 1993 at age of 15. Died 1997.

Donna Lee Mellowship, 34, of north London, died Dec 1997.

Ian Herman, 36, of Middlesbrough, died Dec 1997.

Jayne Bishop, 54, of Oxford, died 1998.

Caroline Jones, 33, of Teesside, died March 1998.

Clare Tomkins, 24, of Kent, died April 1998.

Tony Barrett, 45, died June 1998.

Alison Thorpe, 25, of Macclesfield, died Aug 1998.

Stacey Robinson, 19, first victim in cluster centred on the Leicestershire village of Queniborough.

Pamela Beyless, 24, died Oct1998. Second to die in Queniborough cluster.

Glen Day, 35, died in Queniborough Oct 1998.

Alex Paton, 36, top Scottish pool player, died Oct 1998.

Donald Spear, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts, died Oct 1998.

Kelly Stableford, 21, of Tilbrook, Cambs, died Nov 1998.

Lisa Crowe, 29, of north Wales, died Dec 1998.

"G", 20, died in Dec1998, six months after symptoms of vCJD appeared.

Nicola Harrison , 24, of Grimsby, died Dec1998.

Marianne Harvey, 25, of Pembrokeshire, died Aug 1999.

Sylvia Bibby, 51, of Warrington died Jan 1999.

Jason Keat, 25, abattoir butcher, died Feb 1999.

Mark Keleghar, 23, died May 1999.

Donnamarie McGivern, 17, of Lanarkshire, died Sept 1999.

Ian Thompson, 25, of Newcastle, died Oct 1999.

Rachel Gwillam, 33, of Dribrook, Gloucestershire, died Oct 1999.

Andrew Charles, 32, of Woking, Surrey, died Oct 1999.

"S", 33, died Nov 1999.

David Bowman, 41, of Leeds, died 1999.

Matthew Parker, 19, of Doncaster, died 1999.

Claire McVey, 15, of Devon, youngest victim so far, died Jan 2000.

Steven McCurry, 21, of Glasgow, died June 2000.

Unnamed 19-year-old man died in Leicester July 2000.

Unnamed mother died in July 2000 in Midlands hospital after giving birth to a baby girl. Baby is seriously ill and being closely monitored for vCJD.

Karen Beavon, 37, of Cardiff, died July 2000.

Kirtsy Garven, 20, of Chester, died July 2000.

Hannah Richards, 17, of Somerset, died July 2000.

Catherine Stephens, 31, of Midlands, died Aug 2000.

David Antonio, 28, of Easter Ross, Scotland, died Sept 2000.

Christopher Reeve, 24, died Sept 2000, fourth victim with links to Queniborough.