§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many domiciliary births took place in the area covered by the Birmingham area health authority during each of the past 10 years; and how many took place in hospital.
§ Mr. MoyleThe available information relates to women usually resident in Birmingham area health authority and is given below.
Total number of births occurring Year* In hospital At usual residence of mother 1968 … 16,868 4,917 1969 … 16,604 3,774 1970 … 16,483 2,908 1971 … 15,996 2,256 1972 … 15,061 1,764 1973 … 14,417 1,095 1974 … 13,998 759 1975 … 13,146 537 1976 … 13,049 427 1977 … 12,924 338 * Figures prior to 1974 have been estimated.
HEALTH EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA—£ STERLING, 1974 OR NEAR DATE Country Total health expenditure Public health expenditure Private health expenditure Australia (1975–76) … … 124 94 30 Austria … … 104 69 35 Belgium … … 115 96 19 Canada (1973) … … 148 111 37 Denmark … … — 172 — Finland (1975) … … 149 141 8 France … … 150 116 34 Federal Republic of Germany … … 183 141 42 Greece (1975) … … 37 25 12 Ireland (1975) … … 77 66 11 Italy … … 88 76 12 Japan … … 89 77 12 Netherlands (1972) … … 100 69 31 New Zealand (1973–74) … … 48 37 11 Norway (1973) … … 112 106 6 Spain … … 50 31 19 Sweden … … 218 200 18 Switzerland (1973) … … 137 96 41 United Kingdom (1975) … … 98 87 11 United States … … 216 89 127 Comparable data for Iceland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Turkey are not available.