Infant Mortality, Childbirth and Rubella (Hansard, 13 December 1978)

§ Mr. Fitt

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, for Northern Ireland and each health board in 1977, the stillbirth rate, perinatal mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate, post neonatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate for the whole population and for socio-economic classes I, II, III, IV, V and unsupported mothers, the stillbirth rate, the perinatal mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate, post-neonatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate for babies born weighing less than 2,500 gms, the proportion of babies born weighing less than 2,500 gms for the whole population and for socio-economic groups I, II, III, IV, V and unsupported mothers, respectively, the prevalence, respectively of caesarian section and induction, the number of inoculations against rubella given to, respectively, schoolgirls, and adult women of childbearing age ; and if he will estimate 212W the percentage of girls inoculated by the age of 15 years, the incidence of congenital rubella in 1977 and in 1978 to the latest date for which figures are available, the number of births in each socioeconomic class and to unsupported mothers, the number of births which were(a) first pregnancies, (b) second pregnancies, (c)third pregnancies,(d)fourth pregnancies and(e)fifth or later pregnancies and the perinatal mortality rates for each parity, the number of births to mothers aged, respectively, under 16 years, 16 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years and 35 plus years and the perinatal mortality rates in each age band, the incidence of congenital malformations and the incidence of cerebral palsy.