The mortality rates from circulatory disease per 100,000 population, by health board, of all persons under the age of 75 years, as defined by ICD-9 codes 390 - 459 for each of the years 1998 and 1999, and ICD-10 codes I00 - I99 for the year 2000, are: Health Board199819992000*ICD-9ICD-9ICD-10Argyll and Clyde225219202Ayrshire and Arran206204196Borders164165141Dumfries and Galloway210188198Fife190176161Forth Valley168170164Grampian147145134Greater Glasgow224204192Highland192167190Lanarkshire213203182Lothian166152145Orkney188171144Shetland158112138Tayside187191169Western Isles192203190SCOTLAND193183172* Figures for 2000 are not directly comparable...