§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the death rates were from coronary heart
Ischaemic heart disease death rate per 1,000 population and number of deaths due to ischaemic heart disease by constituency and year (1998–2002) 1998 1999 2000 Parliamentary constituency Death rate Deaths Death rate Deaths Death rate Deaths Belfast, East 2.7 215 2.6 208 2.6 210 Belfast, North 2.7 243 2.9 261 2.4 210 Belfast, South 2.0 186 2.2 210 1.9 181 Belfast, West 1.8 165 1.6 148 1.8 164 East Antrim 2.3 189 2.0 165 2.1 176 East Londonderry 2.2 193 2.1 187 2.1 181 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 2.3 211 2.5 228 2.3 204 Foyle 1.8 189 1.4 146 1.3 141 Lagan Valley 2.1 208 2.1 209 1.9 195 Mid-Ulster 2.0 171 1.6 140 1.9 167 Newry and Armagh 2.3 228 1.7 171 1.8 182 North Antrim 2.4 236 2.6 259 2.1 212 North Down 2.4 208 2.4 201 2.4 204 South Antrim 1.8 178 1.7 166 1.4 138 South Down 2.0 210 2.0 205 1.4 148 Strangford 2.0 188 2.0 190 1.7 164 Upper Bann 2.1 213 2.3 234 1.8 188 West Tyrone 2.2 187 2.3 201 1.7 146 Unallocated1 — 36 — 39 — 23 Northern Ireland 2.2 3,654 2.1 3,568 1.9 3,234
2001 2002 Parliamentary constituency Death rate Deaths Death rate Deaths Belfast, East 2.5 202 2.4 187 Belfast, North 2.1 184 2.4 199 Belfast, South 1.8 173 1.4 131 Belfast, West 1.6 143 1.6 140 East Antrim 1.7 145 1.6 138 East Londonderry 2.0 177 1.6 141 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 2.3 210 1.9 177 Foyle 1.4 151 1.2 132 Lagan Valley 1.6 160 1.8 181 Mid-Ulster 1.7 149 1.6 143 Newry and Armagh 1.8 187 1.7 169 North Antrim 2.0 203 1.6 166 North Down 2.1 178 2.0 170 South Antrim 1.3 132 1.6 158 South Down 1.7 180 1.6 172 Strangford 1.7 172 1.6 154 Upper Bann 1.8 187 1.8 183 West Tyrone 2.1 179 2.0 172 Unallocated1 — 36 — 35 1 Each year a small number of deaths cannot be allocated to a parliamentary constituency within Northern Ireland—these deaths have been included in the Northern Ireland total.