Ischaemic Heart Disease: Deaths

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asked Her Majesty's GovernmentWhether they will indicate—

(i) the numbers of premature deaths due to ischaemic heart disease in England, in Scotland, in Wales and in Northern Ireland;

(ii) how these numbers compare with the figures published for other industrialised countries.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security

(Lord Glenarthur)

There is no agreed definition of "premature death from ischaemic heart disease". The following tables presents numbers of deaths by five-year age group in the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, assigned to ischaemic heart disease as underlying cause.

Number of deaths due to Ischaemic Heart Disease in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 1982
Country		Age
		Under 35	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60–64	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85 and over	All ages
England	M	197	408	942	2,032	4,023	6,884	9,825	12,826	15,914	14,532	9,197	5,864	82,644
	F	36	66	142	301	806	1,765	3,385	5,927	9,685	12,599	12,586	14,293	61,591
	T	233	474	1,084	2,333	4,829	8,649	13,210	18,753	25,599	27,131	21,783	20,157	144,235
Wales	M	14	18	62	100	293	478	670	915	1,136	978	634	416	5,714
	F	3	6	8	24	62	120	250	432	700	841	826	861	4,133
	T	17	24	70	124	355	598	920	1,347	1,836	1,819	1,460	1,277	9,847
Scotland	M	21	45	126	316	551	938	1,305	1,604	1,983	1,712	999	598	10,198
	F	3	16	22	67	172	319	579	1,022	1,437	1,721	1,581	1,496	8,435
	T	24	61	148	383	723	1,257	1,884	2,626	3,420	3,433	2,580	2,094	18,633
Northern Ireland^*	M	3	16	35	78	147	215	376	404	463	419	269	186	2,611
	F	2	—	6	18	43	90	151	228	335	386	363	330	1,952
	T	5	16	41	96	190	305	527	632	798	805	632	516	4,563
^* Provisional

M MaleF FemaleT Total

Volume 447: debated on Thursday 2 February 1984