Description: ENGLISH people living in Scotland are a fifth less likely to die from heart disease than those born north of the Border, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that people who are born in other parts of the UK and move to Scotland are 20 per cent less likely to die from heart problems.

The precise reason for this difference is not known, but scientists suspect it is because many who move are well-off professionals.

This would make them less likely to develop bad habits associated with heart disease, according to the study's lead author Dr Colin Fischbacher.

However, he added, this would not fully explain the difference in heart attack rates. "Scots seem to have worse rates of heart disease than even our bad lifestyles would explain," said Dr Fischbacher.

"Whatever the reason, the English moving to Scotland seem to escape it."