Long-Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities
An annual report which summarises the long-term differences in health trends between the least and most deprived areas of Scotland.
Coronary Heart Disease - first ever hospital admission for heart attack aged under 75 years
Summary
- Over time inequalities have decreased in both absolute and relative terms, with a slight increase in the most recent year
Around 3,900 new cases (aged under 75 years) were admitted to hospital for heart attack in 2009. Between 1997 and 2009, there was a considerable decrease (40%) in the annual rates. In 2009 the rate of admission for people living in the most deprived decile was 104.8 per 100,000 population, compared to a rate of 37.5 in the least deprived decile - a difference of 67.3. Although both absolute and relative measures reflect higher rate of hospital admissions in deprived areas, the extent of these inequalities decreased consistently from 2003 to 2008, but increased slightly in 2009.
Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available
Relative Index of Inequality ( RII) over time
Please note that all trend data for this indicator have been revised from last year's report.
Absolute range over time
Please note that all trend data for this indicator have been revised from last year's report.
Scale / context 1
| Number of new cases | Target population size | Rate per 100,000 ( EASR) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5,765 | 4,740,269 | 110.9 |
| 1998 | 5,676 | 4,729,975 | 108.3 |
| 1999 | 5,102 | 4,721,298 | 97.0 |
| 2000 | 4,812 | 4,708,667 | 90.7 |
| 2001 | 4,776 | 4,703,661 | 89.6 |
| 2002 | 4,833 | 4,690,508 | 89.6 |
| 2003 | 4,569 | 4,690,603 | 84.0 |
| 2004 | 4,413 | 4,706,922 | 80.5 |
| 2005 | 4,054 | 4,718,403 | 73.2 |
| 2006 | 3,817 | 4,734,676 | 68.6 |
| 2007 | 3,624 | 4,755,963 | 64.5 |
| 2008 | 3,733 | 4,775,321 | 65.8 |
| 2009 | 3,857 | 4,795,479 | 67.1 |
1. An amendment to the methodology resulted in all data from 1997 to 2009 being revised in the data published in October 2011. The methodology was refined to more accurately pick up first ever emergency admission for AMI, and this has resulted in a slight reduction in the overall numbers for each year.
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