Heart Disease.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004

Tuesday, 23 March 2004

Ceisteanna (317, 318)

Jimmy Deenihan

Ceist:

317 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Health and Children the deaths due to heart disease in each health board region for the years 2000 and 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8267/04]

Jimmy Deenihan

Ceist:

318 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Health and Children the deaths due to cardiovascular diseases in County Kerry for both males and females in the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/04]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together.

The information sought by the Deputy is in the following tables.

Deaths of residents in Kerry classified by cause of death and sex

Year of occurrence: 2000
		All	Male	Female
393-398	Acute rheumatic fever	2	0	2
401-405	Hypertensive disease	15	8	7
410-414	Ischaemic heart disease	312	169	143
415-417	Diseases of pulmonary circulation	5	4	1
420-429	Other forms of heart disease	97	49	48
430-438	Cerebrovascular disease	118	58	60
440-448	Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	43	24	19
451-459	Diseases of veins and lymphatics, and other diseases of circulatory system	9	4	5
All		601	316	285

Year of occurrence: 2001

		All	Male	Female
401-405	Hypertensive disease	16	10	6
410-414	Ischaemic heart disease	278	159	119
415-417	Diseases of pulmonary circulation	2	2	0
420-429	Other forms of heart disease	87	50	37
430-438	Cerebrovascular disease	104	55	49
440-448	Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	40	25	15
451-459	Diseases of veins and lymphatics, and other diseases of circulatory system	5	2	3
All		532	303	229

Year of registration: 2002

		All	Male	Female
393-398	Acute rheumatic fever	2	0	2
401-405	Hypertensive disease	18	6	12
410-414	Ischaemic heart disease	288	149	139
415-417	Diseases of pulmonary circulation	2	1	1
420-429	Other forms of heart disease	82	46	36
430-438	Cerebrovascular disease	110	54	56
440-448	Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	40	25	15
451-459	Diseases of veins and lymphatics, and other diseases of circulatory system	12	6	6
All		554	287	267

Year of registration: 2003 (1st, 2nd and 3rd quarter)

		All	Male	Female
401-405	Hypertensive disease	11	5	6
410-414	Ischaemic heart disease	180	111	69
415-417	Diseases of pulmonary circulation	2	1	1
420-429	Other forms of heart disease	63	31	32
430-438	Cerebrovascular disease	83	39	44
440-448	Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	23	9	14
451-459	Diseases of veins and lymphatics, and other diseases of circulatory system	3	0	3
All		365	196	169

Year of occurrence: 2000

Healthboard area of residence	All
Eastern	3,775
South-Eastern	1,384
Midland	766
North-Eastern	1,062
Mid-Western	1,169
Southern	2,217
West	1,440
North-Western	853
All	12,666

Year of occurrence: 2003

(1st, 2nd and 3rd quarter available to date
Healthboard area of residence	All
Eastern	2,548
South-Eastern	917
Midland	506
North-Eastern	646
Mid-Western	738
Southern	1,404
West	1,023
North-Western	565
All	8,347