§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many sudden cardiac deaths
Table: Number of registered deaths by year in Northern Ireland resulting from (a) all heart diseases, (b) sudden cardiac death, so described, (c) acute ischaemic heart disease and (d) cardiac arrhythmias in persons, by age-group, 1999 to 2003
Age group Cause of death/ Registration year 0–14 15–44 45–64 65—84 85 + (a) All heart diseases 1999 3 53 587 2,579 1,114 2000 1 60 500 2,294 1,017 2001 2 41 455 2,278 1,115 2002 1 46 484 2,143 1,082 20031 0 64 410 1,959 1,055 (b) Sudden cardiac death, so described 1999 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2000 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2001 0 0 0 0 0 2002 0 0 0 0 0 20031 0 0 0 0 0 (c) Acute ischaemic heart disease 1999 0 22 370 1,597 525 2000 0 24 302 1,465 513 2001 0 10 292 1,423 536 2002 0 19 272 1,273 514 20031 0 21 230 1,179 540 (d) Cardiac arrhythmias 1999 1 2 1 29 22 2000 1 4 2 23 15 2001 0 1 3 43 36 2002 0 3 5 54 36 20031 0 0 4 36 38 1Data for 2003 are provisional. 2Figures only available from 2001, after the introduction of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for coding cause of death.