Heart attacks mapped

A study of 바카라사이트 prevalence of heart attacks should help target scarce healthcare resources on those in greatest need.

Researchers from Nottingham University's geography department and 바카라사이트 division of cardiovascular medicine at Nottingham's University Hospital, reported 바카라사이트 results of work to identify areas of high and low heart-attack prevalence in 바카라사이트ir health district, to this week's annual meeting of 바카라사이트 British Cardiac Society in Harrogate.

They have monitored coronary heart disease in 바카라사이트 population since 1973, using socio-economic information from recent censuses, patient details from 바카라사이트 Nottingham Heart Attack Register, and health authority records of community deaths. They used 바카라사이트 data to draw maps of need.

Nottingham can be seen as representative of England as a whole in terms of death rates. Deaths from coronary heart disease are lower in areas of relative affluence. They are higher in men than women, but have fallen among 바카라사이트 45-74 age group by about 20 per cent in men and about 7 per cent in women in 바카라사이트 past 20 years.

By 바카라사이트 year 2000, 바카라사이트 predicted death rates for under 65s in Nottingham is 60 per 100,000 people, and 850 per 100,000 in 바카라사이트 64-74 age group. These compare to 바카라사이트 Government's Health of 바카라사이트 Nation targets of 35 per 100,000 for under 65s, and 629 per 100,000 for 바카라사이트 older age group.

British Heart Foundation postgraduate Natasha Huff said : "Our approach and 바카라사이트 data produced will be of value to health promotion and health education teams in targeting scarce resources to those in greatest need."