*
* www.heartstats.org
*
*
* * Homepage * Publications * Glossary * A-Z Index * About the website
*
Mortality
*
Morbidity
*
Treatment...
*
Economic costs
*
Prevention
*
*
* *
*
*
Print this page

To visit the main BHF website click the logo below
*
British Heart Foundation
*
University of Oxford
*
* Ethnic differences in mortality *
*
* * *
*
*

Among men living in the UK but born in South Asia and Eastern Europe and among women living in the UK but born in South Asia there is a higher premature death rate from CHD than average. Data from 2003 show that the death rate among Bangladeshi men is 112% higher and the death rate among Pakistani women living in England is 146% higher than the average for England and Wales. Premature death rates from CHD for men born in the Caribbean and West Africa and for women born in Italy but living in the UK were lower than average.

 

Men living in England but born in Bangladesh had more than twice the chance of suffering premature death from stroke than those born in England and Wales.

 

The difference in the death rates between those born in South Asia and the general population increased in the 1970s and 1980s.   This is because the death rate from CHD was not falling as fast in South Asian groups as it was in the rest of the population.   From 1971 to 1991 the mortality rate for 20 to 69 year olds for the whole population fell by 29% for men and 17% for women whereas in people born in South Asia it fell by 20% for men and 7% for women.

 

Women born in Jamaica and living in England were 76% more likely to die prematurely from stroke than those born in England and Wales.

Return to Mortality Return to "Mortality"
*
* * *
*
* The following downloads are available on this topic *
*
* * *
*
* All deaths by cause, sex and country or region of birth, 2008, England and Wales (Table)
Source: ONS (2009).		  
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - All deaths by cause, sex and country or region of birth, 2008, England and Wales (Table)
*
* * *
*
* Proportion of deaths by cause and country of birth, men, 2008, United Kingdom (Figure)
Source: ONS (2009).		  
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Proportion of deaths by cause and country of birth, men, 2008, United Kingdom (Figure)
*
* * *
*
* Proportion of deaths by cause and country of birth, women, 2008, United Kingdom (Figure)
Source: ONS (2009).		  
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Proportion of deaths by cause and country of birth, women, 2008, United Kingdom (Figure)
*
* * *
*
* Deaths under 75 by cause, sex and country or region of birth, 2008, England and Wales (Table)
Source: ONS (2009).		  
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Deaths under 75 by cause, sex and country or region of birth, 2008, England and Wales (Table)
*
* * *
*
* Age standardised death rates per 100,000 from CHD, stroke and other CVD by ethnic group and sex, all ages and under 75, 2002/07, England and Wales (Table)
Source: ONS Longitudinal study (2009). Analysis of the ONS Longitudinal Study undertaken by Christopher Marshall, Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support , December 2009. Census output is Crown copyright and is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. 		 
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Age standardised death rates per 100,000 from CHD, stroke and other CVD by ethnic group and sex, all ages and under 75, 2002/07, England and Wales (Table)
*
* * *
*
* Trends in CHD mortality rates per 100,000 by sex and country of birth, 30 to 69 years, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Table)
Source: Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A (2008) Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: slow declines notable for some groups. Heart, 94; 463-470. 		 
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Trends in CHD mortality rates per 100,000 by sex and country of birth, 30 to 69 years, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Table)
*
* * *
*
* Trends in CHD mortality in men, selcted countries of birth, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Figure)
Source: Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A (2008) Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: slow declines notable for some groups. Heart, 94; 463-470. 		 
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Trends in CHD mortality in men, selcted countries of birth, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Figure)
*
* * *
*
* Trends in CHD mortality in women, selected countries of birth, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Figure)
Source: Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A (2008) Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: slow declines notable for some groups. Heart, 94; 463-470. 		 
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Trends in CHD mortality in women, selected countries of birth, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Figure)
*
* * *
*
* Trends in stroke mortality rates per 100,000 by sex and country of birth, 30 to 69 years, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Table)
Source: Harding S, Rosato M, Teyhan A (2008) Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: slow declines notable for some groups. Heart, 94; 463-470. 		 
New
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Trends in stroke mortality rates per 100,000 by sex and country of birth, 30 to 69 years, 1979 to 2003, England and Wales (Table)
*
* * *
*
  Page last updated : 29th June 2010
Top Top of page
* * Help * About us * Contact us * Feedback Site Map *
* © The British Heart Foundation | www.bhf.org.uk | Legal notice | Privacy Website by Baigent *