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Written Question · S3W-21254 · Session 3

How many deaths have been attributed to thrombosis in each of the last five years for which information is available.

Answered Asked by Mary Scanlon Con Lodged 23 Feb 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have been attributed to thrombosis in each of the last five years for which information is available.

The answer

Answered by Shona Robison on 4 Mar 2009 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is shown in the following table:
Cause of death
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
| 2006
| 2007


Coronary thrombosis
- all cases are due to it (1)
| 6,962
| 6,311
| 6,046
| 5,494
| 5,340

Coronary thrombosis
- most cases are due to it (2)
| 4,346
| 4,340
| 4,123
| 3,782
| 3,767

Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial)
- all cases are due to it (3)
| 44
| 33
| 31
| 20
| 21

Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial)
- most cases are due to cerebral or pre-cerebral thrombosis (4)
| 3,365
| 3,258
| 2,922
| 2,834
| 2,732

Peripheral arterial thrombosis
- most cases are due to it (5)
| 248
| 245
| 265
| 302
| 278

Venous thrombosis at various sites
- all cases are due to it (6)
| 2
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 3

Venous thrombosis at various sites
- most cases are due to it (7)
| 170
| 161
| 142
| 137
| 128

Other conditions caused by thrombosis
- all cases are due to it (8)
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Other conditions caused by thrombosis
- most cases are due to it (9)
| 17
| 21
|

In the Official Report

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