Perinatal and Infant Mortality Rates

HC Deb 09 December 1980 vol 995 c323W

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the perinatal and infant mortality rates for Wales in 1979 and the first half of 1980 by each area health authority.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Final figures for 1979 are as below:

	Infant mortality-rate per 1000 live births	Perinatal mortality-rate per 1000 total births
Clwyd	11.5	14.5
Dyfed	15.0	15.2
Gwent	10.8	16.6
Gwynedd	10.0	12.0
Mid Glamorgan	11.8	15.6
Powys	9.9	14.0
South Glamorgan	13.8	16.0
West Glamorgan,	14.3	18.0
Wales	12.4	15.6

Data for the first half of 1980 are not yet available.