§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in Wales died of heart attacks in 1971 and each succeeding year.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsCause of death is classified by the International Classification of Diseases—ICD. Information on ischaemic heart disease, ICD 410–414, is given in the following table:
Number of deaths from ischaemic heart disease in Wales Year Number 1971 9,359 1972 10,024 1973 9,792 1974 10,105 1975 10,224 1976 10,180 1977 10,109 1978 10,408 1979 9,764 1980 9,706
§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many coronary bypass grafting operations were performed in Wales in 1981; and if he will express the figure as a rate per million of the population.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThere were 99 such operations in 1981, equivalent to 36 per million population.