§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the health districts in England and Wales with standardised death rates from coronary heart disease more than 30 per cent. higher than the national average for women;
(2) if he will list the health districts in England and Wales with standardised death rates from coronary heart disease more than 25 per cent. higher than the national average for men.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe figures are as follows:
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Coronary heart disease standardised mortality rate (all ages) District health authority SMR Males North Manchester 137 Dewsbury 136 Wigan 133 Bradford 130 South West Durham 130 Sunderland 130 Scunthorpe 129 Burnley/Pendle 128 Bury 127 Hartlepool 127 Durham 126 Oldham 126 Barnsley 126
District health authority SMR Females Sunderland 147 Barnsley 145 South West Durham 143 South Tees 141 Wigan 140 Dewsbury 140 Hartlepool 137 West Lancashire 136 Bradford 134 Durham 134 Oldham 133 North West Durham 133 Burnley/Pendle 133 Rochdale 132 Warrington 131 Pontefract 131 Bury 131 Source:
Public Health Common Data Set 1990 (Based on data for years 1985–1989).