§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what the infant mortality rate in the United Kingdom generally, and in Leicestershire in particular, has been during each of the past 25 years; and how this compares with similar rates in each of the other member States of the EEC and in the Scandinavian countries.
§ Dr. VaughanReadily available figures are as follows: 825W
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INFANT MORTALITY RATES (DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS) 1950 TO 1978 United Kingdom Leicestershire Belgium Denmark France Germany Holland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Finland Norway Sweden 1950 31.2 27.8 53.4 30.7 51.9 55.3 25.2 46.2 63.8 45.7 43.5 28.2 21.0 1951 31.1 25.6 1952 28.8 25.4 1953 27.6 26.6 1954 26.4 27.0 1955 25.8 22.9 40.7 25.2 38.6 41.8 20.1 36.7 50.9 38.9 29.7 20.6 17.4 1956 24.4 21.6 1957 24.0 21.3 1958 23.4 20.5 1959 23.1 19.1 1960 22.4 21.3 31.2 21.5 27.4 33.8 17.9 29.3 43.9 31.5 21.0 18.9 16.6 1961 22.1 18.6 1962 22.4 19.7 1963 21.7 18.5 1964 20.6 16.4 1965 19.6 18.0 23.7 18.7 21.9 23.9 14.4 25.2 36.0 24.0 17.6 16.8 13.3 1966 19.6 19.9 1967 18.8 18.6 1968 18.7 15.3 1969 18.6 18.2 1970 18.5 18.0 21.1 14.2 18.2 23.6 12.7 19.5 29.5 24.9 13.2 12.7 11.0 1971 17.9 17.6 1972 17.5 19.0 1973 17.2 18.4 1974 16.8 16.1 18.0 10.7 14.6 21.1 11.3 17.8 22.9 12.4 11.0 10.4 9.6 1975 16.0 15.4 16.1 10.4 13.7 19.8 10.6 18.4 20.7 14.8 10.0 11.1 8.6 1976 14.5 14.8 15.3 10.1 12.5 17.4 10.7 14.6 19.2 17.9* 9.9 10.5 8.3 1977 14.1 12.9 8.7 11.5 15.5 9.5* 15.7* 17.6* 10.6* 12.0* 9.2 8.0 1978 13.3* 13.3 10.6* Sources—UN, WHO and National publications * provisional
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much he expects infant mortality to increase in the United Kingdom, and in Leicestershire in particular, as a result of the cuts in domiciliary care and special care baby units, respectively.
§ Dr. VaughanI expect infant mortality to continue to fall.