HC Deb 18 January 2002 vol 378 c537W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the death rate per 100,000 among people aged under 65 years due to heart disease was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [27364]

Yvette Cooper

The European age standardised death rates per 100,000 population from ischaemic heart disease aged under 65 in the United Kingdom is shown in the table.

Year Persons
1996 41.7
1997 39.2
1998 37.3
1999 34.1
2000 32.1