Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:89 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who died from heart attacks or from cardiac related diseases in (1) 1980 and (2) 1990.
Written Answers. - Cardiac Death Statistics.
The numbers of deaths for 1980 and 1989 from ischaemic heart disease and the numbers of these due to heart attacks (acute myocardial infarction) are given in the following table. 1989 is the last year for which annual mortality statistics are available.
Numbers of Deaths due to Ischaemic Heart Disease 1980 and 1989
|
1980 |
1989* |
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Ischaemic Heart Disease |
8,326 |
8,266 |
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—of which |
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(acute Myocardial Infraction) |
6,704 |
6,249 |
* The figures for 1989 are based on year of registration rather than year of occurrence and are therefore provisional.