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.

Those who are born in other parts of the UK and move to Scotland are 20% less likely to die from heart problems, the study conducted at the University of Edinburgh found.

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, lead author of the study Dr Colin Fischbacher said.

But this does not fully explain the difference, he said, and rates of heart disease in Scots are still worse than their lifestyles suggest.

Scotland has been branded heart attack capital of the UK. A British Heart Foundation survey earlier this year found an attack is suffered every 15 minutes, and 10% of Scots are believed to be living with some form of heart or circulatory disease.

Dr Fisc