Scottish Heart Disease Statistics
Data and Resources
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Heart Disease Activity By Health BoardCSV
Information on discharges from hospitals in Scotland resulting from a heart...
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Heart Disease Activity By Council AreaCSV
Information on discharges from hospitals in Scotland resulting from a heart...
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Heart Disease Mortality By Health BoardCSV
Information on deaths in Scotland resulting from a heart condition at health...
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Heart Disease Mortality By Council AreaCSV
Information on deaths in Scotland resulting from a heart condition at council...
Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Source | SMR01, Deaths |
Author | Heart Disease and Stroke Team |
Version | 1.0 |
Last Updated | January 24, 2023, 09:31 (GMT) |
Created | April 2, 2020, 10:40 (BST) |
Contact Address | Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB |
Subject | Conditions and Diseases |
Frequency | Annual |
Time frame of data and timeliness | Data ranges from 2010-2019 (mortality) and 2010/11-2019/20 (activity). |
Coverage | Covers all NHS Boards in Scotland. |
Completeness | Levels of SMR01 submission are deemed to be 98% complete compared to expected levels of submission at time of extraction. Mortality: Death registrations are deemed to be complete and finalised. |
Accuracy | Hospital Activity: SMR01 data are subjected to validation on submission. The figures are compared to previous years’ figures and to expected trends. The SMR01 data are also assessed for accuracy by PHS’s Data Quality Assurance team – see Appendix A1 (Link 1). Mortality: For coding of deaths see the website of the National Records of Scotland (Link 2). Reported data are compared to previous years' figures and to expected trends. |
Continuity of data | Hospital admissions: The introduction of more sensitive tests for the diagnosis of acute coronary ischaemia - e.g. troponin - and the incorporation of troponin (and other biomarker) levels in definitions of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), may have affected the recording of AMI over recent years. Variations in the definition, recording and coding of AMI may affect interhospital and inter-Health Board comparisons of AMI incidence, prevalence and post-AMI survival. ISD issued coding guidance in June 2007 covering the recording of troponin levels in acute coronary syndromes - see Coding Guidelines Number 20 (Link 3). Mortality data: Reports data since 2007. There was a change to the coding of causes of death by National Records of Scotland between 2010 and 2011. The overall scale of change was small. For full details, please consult the NRS website (Link 2). |
Concepts and definitions | See Appendix A1 - Background Information in the Scottish Heart Disease Statistics Publication (Link 1). |
Disclosure | The PHS protocol on Statistical Disclosure Protocol (Link 4) is followed. |
Revision statement | The publication contains planned revisions. Historical mortality figures at health board level have been updated. The changes are minor and relate to a small number of death registrations that had not previously been assigned to a health board. Figures at Scotland and council area level are unaffected. |
Official statistics designation | National Statistics |
Relevance and key uses of the statistics | Uses of the data include: To allow NHS Boards and the Scottish Government to compare activity levels nationally; To provide health intelligence and performance information for NHS Boards and the Scottish Government; To provide information to support answers to Parliamentary Questions; and many more. Please see Appendix A2 in the publication for further uses (Link 1). |
Format | csv |
Language | English |
Links | 1)Scottish Heart Disease Statistics Publication 5) Heart Disease Topic web page |
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