How many men aged between 50 and 65 were (a) diagnosed with and successfully operated on for and (b) died as a result of an abdominal aorti…

It is not possible to specifically identify the success of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from centrally collected data.
The numbers of men aged between 50 and 65 who were diagnosed with and operated on for AAA and who were alive at least 30 days after their last AAA-related operation in each year since 1999 are presented in Table 1.
The numbers of men aged between 50 and 65 who died as a result of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in each year since 1999 are presented in table 2.
Table 1. Numbers of men aged between 50 and 65 who were diagnosed with and operated on for an abdominal aortic aneurysm and who were alive at least 30 days of their last AAA-related operation in each year since 1999:

Males aged 50 to 65
| Financial Year Ending 31 March

1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
| 2006
| 2007
| 2008

Patients alive within 30 days
| 93
| 72
| 79
| 92
| 74
| 68
| 74
| 64
| 78
| 79

Total number of patients
| 99
| 77
| 86
| 97
| 77
| 70
| 77
| 67
| 78
| 83

Source: General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) Death Data and SMR01 (ISD Scotland) Discharges from non-obstetric/non-psychiatric NHS hospitals in Scotland. Date extracted: October 2009.
Table 2. Numbers of men aged between 50 and 65 who died as a result of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in each year since 1999:

Males aged 50 to 65
| Calendar Year

1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002