What the year-on-year improvements have been in (a) coronary heart disease, (b) cancer and (c) stroke mortality rates in (i) the NHS Argyll…

Answered Asked by Wendy Alexander Lab Lodged 8 Oct 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-on-year improvements have been in (a) coronary heart disease, (b) cancer and (c) stroke mortality rates in (i) the NHS Argyll and Clyde area and (ii) Scotland since 1990.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 4 Nov 2003 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

Relevant death rates arepresented in the following table.
Rates per 100,000 Population

| Argyll and Clyde
| Scotland

| (a) Coronary Heart Disease
| (b) Cancer
| (c) Stroke
| (a) Coronary Heart Disease
| (b) Cancer
| (c) Stroke

1990
| 343
| 291
| 175
| 335
| 294
| 157

1991
| 349
| 287
| 171
| 332
| 293
| 157

1992
| 349
| 308
| 164
| 325
| 298
| 155

1993
| 361
| 317
| 188
| 332
| 304
| 165

1994
| 311
| 325
| 159
| 299
| 297
| 151

1995
| 306
| 315
| 173
| 293
| 298
| 152

1996
| 314
| 324
| 146
| 288
| 298
| 140

1997
| 310
| 304
| 148
| 276
| 293
| 137

1998
| 285
| 308
| 150
| 264
| 291
| 136

1999
| 292
| 307
| 153
| 263
| 292
| 134

2000
| 276
| 314
| 159
| 245
| 295
| 134

2001
| 262
| 312
| 152
| 235
| 300
| 131

2002
|

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