HC Deb 03 April 1973 vol 854 c42W
40. Dr. Stuttaford

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the numbers of deaths certified as being due to coronary thrombosis in 1972, in 1971 and in 1960.

Mr. Michael Alison

In England and Wales deaths from acute myocardial infarction—the relevant category of the International Classification of Diseases which consists almost entirely of cases of coronary thrombosis—totalled 99,710 in 1971 and 105,944 (provisional) in 1972. Due to changes in the classification no strictly comparable figure for 1960 is available but the total is estimated at 73,000.