How many deaths there were from coronary heart disease in the Clydesdale area of the Lanarkshire NHS Board area in each of the last four ye…

Answered Asked by Michael Russell SNP Lodged 18 Feb 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths there were from coronary heart disease in the Clydesdale area of the Lanarkshire NHS Board area in each of the last four years and how these figures compared with the national average.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 27 Feb 2003 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is given in the following table.Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease1, Clydesdale2, 1998-2001 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001
Clydesdale | | | |
Number of deaths | 188 | 172 | 151 | 168
Rate per 100,000 population3 | 319 | 291 | 255 | 283
Scotland | | | |
Rate per 100,000 population3 | 262 | 261 | 245 | 235
Notes:1. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes 410-414 (1998 and 1999) and Tenth Revision codes I20-I25 (2000 and 2001), ischaemic heart disease.2. Former Clydesdale local government district area.3. The rates have been calculated using the latest available mid-year population estimates. Those for 1998 to 2000 are subject to revision to make them consistent with population results from the 2001 Census. The rates have not been age standardised.

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