§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many discharges there have been from Scottish hospitals in each of the past three years of patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of discharges of patients with a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction is as follows:
Year Number 1982 17,814 1983 18,086 11984 18,731 1 Latest available date.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths were certified in Scotland as due to ischaemic heart disease in 1984, 1985 and so far in 1986.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
Deaths from ischaemic heart disease1 in Scotland Year Number 1984 18,107 1985 18,758 1986 29,532 1 International classification of diseases, Codes 410 to 414. 2 Provisional figure for January to June.