§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of stillbirths, live births, first week deaths, first year deaths and the prenatal and infant mortality rates for England and for each regional and area health authority, respectively, in 1978.
§ Dr. VaughanThe available information is given below: 323W
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STILLBIRTHS, LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS UNDER ONE WEEK AND UNDER ONE YEAR, INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY RATES ENGLAND AND REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES 1978 (PROVISIONAL) Stillbirths Live births Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births England … … … … … … … 4,741 556,568 3,931 7,285 13.1 15.4 Regional Health Authority Northern … … … … … … 376 37,894 296 517 14 18 Yorkshire … … … … … … 378 43,031 327 583 14 16 Trent … … … … … … … 430 52,249 379 693 13 15 East Anglia … … … … … … 171 22,517 120 228 10 13 North West Thames … … … … … 328 42,865 290 556 13 14 North East Thames … … … … … 385 46,933 348 692 15 15 South East Thames … … … … … 352 42,391 276 542 13 15 South West Thames … … … … … 233 31,183 194 379 12 14 Wessex … … … … … … … 195 29,929 186 364 12 13 Oxford … … … … … … … 191 29,214 201 350 12 13 South Western … … … … … … 324 35,613 229 445 12 15 West Midlands … … … … … 632 63,556 467 849 13 17 Mersey … … … … … … … 275 29,397 193 374 13 16 North Western … … … … … 471 49,796 425 713 14 18 The provisional 1978 rates given refer in part to events occurring in each area. Numbers and rates based on areas of usua residence, and similar information for separate area health authorities, will be available by the middle of the year.