Cause-specific inequalities in mortality in Scotland: two decades of change. A population-based study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Age standardised mortality for selected causes and for major regions of Scotland. Rates per 100,000 men and women aged 0–64, 1980–82, 1991–92 and 2000–02.

	males			females
Region	1980–82	1991–92	2000–02	1980–82	1991–92	2000–02
All causes
H&I	478	359	308	257	202	178
NE	401	318	280	235	199	157
Clyde	577	474	439	326	269	229
Central	476	374	306	292	222	185
East	431	346	305	261	220	175
SW	498	362	311	288	229	193
SE	427	354	298	250	210	177
Ischaemic Heart Disease (ICD9 410–414; ICD10 I20-25)
H&I	167	388	55	35	232	19
NE	129	102	45	36	27	12
Clyde	192	86	82	60	30	26
Central	158	141	63	54	48	16
East	147	117	60	48	39	19
SW	182	101	65	54	34	20
SE	137	117	55	41	42	13
All malignant neoplasms (ICD9 140–208; C00-97)
H&I	102	95	91	100	30	75
NE	98	115	83	91	39	71
Clyde	137	92	108	111	92	85
Central	110	89	85	97	83	75
East	109	130	88	96	107	74
SW	115	102	81	101	89	74
SE	106	96	87	89	92	78
Chronic liver disease (ICD9 571; ICD10 K70, K73-74)
H&I	7	95	13	3	93	7
NE	5	105	11	3	92	4
Clyde	13	107	42	8	95	15
Central	6	8	21	5	5	11
East	4	6	17	3	3	7
SW	7	16	17	4	9	11
SE	8	8	17	5	5	11
Intentional self harm & events of undetermined intent (ICD9 E950-959, 980–989; ICD10 X60-84, Y87.0, Y10-Y34, Y87.2)
H&I	23	3	30	9	4	7
NE	18	8	22	10	6	6
Clyde	22	6	29	11	3	9
Central	14	9	24	8	6	6
East	16	26	26	9	6	8
SW	16	18	27	8	5	7
SE	16	25	22	9	7	10
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of drugs (ICD9 304, 305.2-.9; ICD10 F11-16, F18-19)
H&I	0	18	4	0	5	0
NE	0	20	11	0	8	2
Clyde	0	17	17	0	6	3
Central	0	21	4	0	7	1
East	0	21	6	0	7	1
SW	0	0	9	0	0	2
SE	0	0	7	0	0	1
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (ICD9 291, 303, 305.0; ICD10 F10)
H&I	4	1	12	1	0	6
NE	3	2	10	1	0	4
Clyde	8	2	12	3	1	3
Central	1	0	4	0	0	2
East	3	1	8	2	0	3
SW	3	1	6	1	0	2
SE	3	6	7	2	2	3

Key: H&I: Highlands and Islands; NE: North East; Clyde: Clydeside conurbation; SW: South West; SE: South East

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