Perinatal and Infant Mortality Rates

HC Deb 21 January 1981 vol 997 cc174-5W

Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the perinatal and infant mortality rates, respectively, for each social class where babies were born into married households in each of the last five years.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The rates are given in the table below:

Legitimate Perinatal and Infant Mortality Rates, Social Class, Scotland, 1975–79
	Perinatal* Rate per 1,000 births live and still
Social Class	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979‡
I	13.3	14.0	10.7	14.5	10.4
II	14.1	15.0	13.9	10.9	12.2
III	20.3	16.8	17.4	14.9	13.2
IV	23.0	20.2	19.2	15.3	13.8
V	25.2	20.3	23.5	17.4	19.4
All Social Classes	19.8	17.2	17.1	14.5	13.4

	Infant† Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births
Social Class	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979‡
I	9.2	10.6	8.8	12.0	8.2
II	12.1	10.1	12.9	7.8	10.7

	Infant† Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births
Social Class	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979‡
III	16.0	14.0	14.8	11.9	11.8
IV	16.9	14.5	17.0	13.9	12.9
V	23.1	20.7	21.8	14.3	18.6
All Social Classes	15.9	13.9	15.0	12.0	12.3
* Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week.
† Deaths under 1 year.
‡ Provisional.