§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide information on the number of deaths from coronary heart disease among males in Scotland aged 45 to 55 years expressed as a rate per 100,000 of that age group in 1970 and at the latest available date; and what information he has as to the comparable figures for England and Wales, the United States of America, Sweden and Japan.
§ Mr. John MacKayCoronary heart disease is not separately identified in the international classification of diseases, but is included within the classification ischaemic heart disease. The relevant mortality rates for Scotland are published in the annual report of the Registrar General for Scotland for 1970 and 1981 (Table C2.14).
Figures for the other countries are included in table 7 of World Health Organisation annual statistics 1982 and earlier years. Copies of these publications are in the Library.