HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 cc177-8W
115. Mr. Carttiss

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths and lost working days are caused by coronary heart disease.

Mrs. Currie

In 1986 there were 148,121 deaths from ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease) in England. In the period 1 April 1985 to 5 April 1986 in Great Britain there were 38.8 million days of certified incapacity for sickness and invalidity benefit where the cause of incapacity was ischaemic heart disease. This total excludes periods of incapacity covered by statutory sick pay (in 1985–86 a maximum of eight weeks in the tax year) and all working days lost by certain groups of workers who do not claim these benefits. It includes days of incapacity for which invalidity benefit was claimed by men aged 65 to 69 and women aged 60 to 64.

In 1986, the number of deaths from ischaemic disease in Great Britain was 176,805, and 181,491 throughout the United Kingdom.