HC Deb 29 January 1991 vol 184 c479W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many men had heart attacks for each of the last three years for which figures are available aged(a) 20 to 30 years, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60 and (e) 61 to 70 years.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Information is not available in the form requested. The table gives, by age, the number of deaths of men caused by acute myocardial infarction in the last three years for which figures are available.

Age 1987 1988 1989
20–29 20 27 27
30–39 307 294 246
40–49 1,744 1,600 1,441
50–59 6,163 5,451 4,861
60–69 14,454 13,984 12,955

Source: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.