§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the figures for premature births in the Greater Manchester area for the period 1978 to 1981.
§ Sir George YoungFigures for premature births are not available, but figures relating to live and stillbirths of low birthweight babies—that is, babies weighing 2,500 grams or less—born in the Greater Manchester area in 1978 and 1979 are given in the following table, Information on the years 1980 and 1981 is not yet available.
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1978 Live births Stillbirths 1979 Live births Stillbirths Bolton 275 21 258 21 Bury 134 11 182 11 Manchester 539 35 591 30 Oldham 234 23 253 12 Rochdale 253 19 323 12 Salford 205 18 252 21 Stockport 230 28 214 17 Tameside 186 22 262 20 Trafford 180 12 154 18 Wigan 238 34 245 33
Infant Mortality by age, Greater Manchester, 1978, 1979, 1980 (January-June) Live Births Stillbirths Deaths under 1 day Under 1 week Under 3 months Under 6 months Under 12 months Numbers 1978 33,293 321 174 293 396 441 483 1979 35,525 303 169 282 403 482 514 1980* 18,200 160 80 139 201 235 260 (January-June) Rates† (per 1,000 live births) 1978 9.55 5.23 8.80 11.89 13.25 14.51 1979 8.46 4.76 7.94 11.34 13.57 14.47 1980* *8.7 4.4 7.6 11.0 12.9 14.3 (January-June) *Provisional. †Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births. Stillbirth rates per 1,000 total births.