§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cardiac mortality rate for each year since 1989; and if he will provide a breakdown by health authority area in Scotland. [33327]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is given in the table.
Death rates for heart disease1 per 100,000 population for each health hoard area, 1989–94 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 19942 Scotland 416 390 385 380 391 349 Health Board Areas Argyll and Clyde 421 393 400 401 414 356 Ayrshire and Arran 419 438 398 396 428 386 Borders 474 421 444 412 391 372 Dumfries and Galloway 489 459 419 427 420 403 Fife 414 393 403 386 381 358 Forth Valley 394 361 358 383 359 331 Grampian 370 342 320 325 339 301 Greater Glasgow 455 414 416 399 421 376 Highland 399 382 353 364 355 325 Lanarkshire 392 355 371 367 375 350 Lothian 376 356 363 345 351 307 Orkney 461 567 399 462 420 363 Shetland 410 339 324 283 420 319 Tayside 453 432 419 427 452 376 Western Isles 553 500 510 419 486 423 1 World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) codes 390–429. 2 Provisional.