Mortality Rates

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Questions (658, 659, 660)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

658. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who died of a heart attack in each of the past ten years by gender, age percentile, year and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27359/14]

Billy Kelleher

Question:

659. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of people who died of a heart attack in each of the past ten years who did not have prior symptoms or treatment for heart disease by gender, age percentile, year and region. [27360/14]

Billy Kelleher

Question:

660. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who died of a heart attack in each of the past ten years as a result of a second or subsequent heart attack by gender, age percentile, year and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/14]

Written answers

Minister for Health

Information on cause of death is not routinely collected by my Department. However, the data in the tables below for Acute Myocardial Infarction (ICD 10 code I21) has been provided by the Central Statistics Office.

Table 1: Numbers of deaths from Acute Myocardial Infarction by sex and age, 2004-2013

Cause of Death	Sex	Age Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012*	2013*
Acute MI	Male	0-4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Male	5-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Male	15-24	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Acute MI	Male	25-34	3	4	3	5	4	3	2	1	5	4
Acute MI	Male	35-44	19	22	25	22	16	19	17	13	9	15
Acute MI	Male	45-54	93	72	82	69	72	46	60	60	58	44
Acute MI	Male	55-64	242	206	196	206	189	146	139	105	121	122
Acute MI	Male	65-74	430	402	372	351	314	288	294	243	282	259
Acute MI	Male	75-84	642	555	563	518	539	490	492	407	407	393
Acute MI	Male	85+	313	321	353	338	321	348	354	317	354	331
Acute MI	Male	All Ages	1742	1584	1594	1510	1455	1340	1358	1146	1236	1170
Acute MI	Female	0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Female	5-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Female	15-24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Female	25-34	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	2
Acute MI	Female	35-44	5	2	4	10	4	4	3	2	4	4
Acute MI	Female	45-54	18	17	16	11	10	15	14	15	13	9
Acute MI	Female	55-64	54	54	56	52	40	44	26	26	38	30
Acute MI	Female	65-74	185	164	153	107	130	109	107	102	103	89
Acute MI	Female	75-84	557	469	468	475	425	380	305	290	322	262
Acute MI	Female	85+	559	582	614	591	576	553	541	541	562	573
Acute MI	Female	All Ages	1379	1289	1312	1247	1186	1108	996	977	1042	969
Acute MI	Male+Female	0-4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Male+Female	5-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acute MI	Male+Female	15-24	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Acute MI	Male+Female	25-34	4	5	4	5	5	6	2	2	5	6
Acute MI	Male+Female	35-44	24	24	29	32	20	23	20	15	13	19
Acute MI	Male+Female	45-54	111	89	98	80	82	61	74	75	71	53
Acute MI	Male+Female	55-64	296	260	252	258	229	190	165	131	159	152
Acute MI	Male+Female	65-74	615	566	525	458	444	397	401	345	385	348
Acute MI	Male+Female	75-84	1199	1024	1031	993	964	870	797	697	729	655
Acute MI	Male+Female	85+	872	903	967	929	897	901	895	858	916	904
Acute MI	Male+Female	All Ages	3121	2873	2906	2757	2641	2448	2354	2123	2278	2139

Source: Central Statistics Office.

Note: Data for 2012 and 2013 is provisional.

Table 2: Numbers of deaths from Acute Myocardial Infarction by county of residence and sex, 2004-2013

Source: Central Statistics Office.

Note: Data for 2012 and 2013 are provisional.

Data on those who died of a heart attack who did not have prior symptoms or treatment for heart disease are not available.

Data on persons who died of a heart attack here in each of the past ten years as a result of a second or subsequent heart attack are not routinely available. However, the CSO have advised that between 1 and 5 people per year between 2007 and 2013 have died from an infarction of any myocardial site, occurring within 4 weeks (28 days) from onset of a previous infarction (ICD 10 Code I22).

The Department of Health’s “Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010 -2019” was launched in 2010. The policy establishes a framework for the prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, which seeks to ensure an integrated and quality assured approach in their management, so as to reduce the burden of these conditions.