How many people have died from heart disease in hospitals in the NHS Grampian area in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.

Type of heart disease is not specified in the question. On the advice of the National Records of Scotland medical advisor, the figures below use ICD-10 codes I00-I52. These codes cover the following causes: Acute rheumatic fever (I00-I02), Chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I05-I09), Hypertensive diseases (I10-I15), Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25), Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26-I28), Other forms of heart disease (I30-I52). This is not a commonly used definition of heart disease and, for this reason, these figures cannot be compared with other published figures for coronary/ischaemic heart disease (ICD-10 codes I20-I25).
The question asks for deaths in Grampian hospitals therefore the figures may include people who lived outwith the Grampian area but who died in a Grampian hospital, but exclude Grampian residents who died outwith the area. It should also be noted that the requested figures are for hospital deaths which account for less than half of all deaths from heart disease in Grampian.
Number of Deaths from Heart Disease (ICD-10 codes I00-I52) in Hospitals in the NHS Grampian Area, 2008-10:
Year
Number of Deaths
2008
533
2009
504
2010
508
Source: National Records of Scotland.