§ Mr. BellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the proportion of deaths from coronary heart disease; and what equivalent information he has for other members of the European Community.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe latest available information is shown in the table. Data have, with the exception of those for the United Kingdom and England and Wales, been taken from the 1987 edition of World Health Organisation "World Health Statistics" annual; for Belgium, the data were obtained from the "UN Demographic Year Book 1986".
Proportion of total deaths which have ischaemic heart disease1 as underlying cause Country Year Percentage of total deaths Belgium 1984 13.3 Denmark 1985 28.7 Federal Republic of Germany 1986 19.3 France 1985 9.9 Greece 1985 11.0 Ireland 1984 26.6 Italy 1983 14.3 Luxembourg 1986 14.8 Netherlands 1985 20.9 Portugal 1986 8.5 Spain 1981 9.8 United Kingdom2 1987 27.8 England and Wales2 1987 27.5 1 International Classification of Disease (9th revision) code 410–414. 2 Provisional. Source OPCS. Note:
There may be differences in the assignment of underlying cause between countries. Direct comparisons should therefore be made with care.