Perinatal Mortality

HC Deb 07 December 1983 vol 50 cc179-80W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the perinatal mortality rate in Grimsby over the last five years; and what has been the national average.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Perinatal mortality rates* for Great Grimsby CD and England and Wales
1978 to 1982
	Great Grimsby CD	England and Wales
1978	15.4	15.5
1979	15.4	14.7
1980	13.3	13.3
1981	12.6	11.8
1982	15.8	11.3
* Rates per 1,000 total births.

The rates for county districts can vary from year to year owing to the small numbers of events occurring each year.