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Heart disease mortality

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Description

Directly age standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population for coronary heart disease and stroke and related conditions (circulatory disease) at ages under 75 years

Geographic coverage

England

Geographic units

Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Primary Care Trust (PCT), Government Office Region (GOR), National

Time coverage (most recent)

2004-2006

Time coverage

1996-1998 to 2004-2006 (3 year rolling averages)

Update frequency

Annually

Source

Department of Health (DoH)

Guidelines

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Publisher

DCLG Floor Targets Interactive

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Notes

Mortality rates are age standardised using the European Standard Population as defined by the World Health Organisation.

Data suppression

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Time series consistency

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Reliability

Numbers of deaths for 2000 and previous years to 1998 are based on ICD-9 coded data adjusted to ICD-10. For circulatory disease and cancer recoding means that the data comprising the 1999-01 and 2000-02 averages are not strictly comparable and should be treated with caution.

Component variables

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