Coronary heart disease: Scottish data

Detailed data on coronary heart disease (CHD) can be found on the CHD area of the ISD website, including:

Incidence

The two files below show that the estimated CHD incidence for Scotland, NHS board areas and local authority areas has generally fallen over time, but the limitations of the methodology must be borne in mind (see ISD linked database).

• ISD data file: CHD annual incidence for Scotland and by NHS board area, by gender, by age group (table and chart)  (459Kb)
• ISD data file: CHD annual incidence by local authority area, by gender, by age group (table and chart)  (994Kb)

 

Mortality

The first file below shows that CHD mortality in Scotland and the NHS board areas has generally fallen over time.  The second file shows that CHD mortality is strongly related to deprivation (as measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004), with mortality increasing with increasing deprivation.

• ISD data file: CHD annual mortality for Scotland and by NHS board area, by gender, by age group (table and chart)  (537Kb)
• ISD data file: CHD mortality for deprivation level within Scotland, by age group (table and chart)  (31Kb).

Target

The current Scottish target is a 60% reduction between 1995 and 2010 in the age-standardised death rate from CHD for people aged under 75.  This makes a target of 49.9 per 100,000 by 2010.  In 2005, the actual Scottish rate was 67.5 per 100,000, and Scotland is on track to meet the target (see chart below). 

• ISD data file: CHD mortality - progress towards Scottish target, by gender (chart)   (31Kb)