§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many births took place each year for the past five years in each health board area expressed as a percentage of the population served by the boards.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
Births as a percentage of population 1980–84 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Scotland 1.34 1.33 1.28 1.26 1.27 Borders 1.13 1.16 1.06 1.10 1.05 Forth Valley 1.35 1.29 1.25 1.23 1.20 Dumfries & Galloway 1.25 1.24 1.18 1.14 1.21 Fife 1.36 1.39 1.31 1.29 1.28 Grampian 1.38 1.33 1.32 1.32 1.26 Highland 1.51 1.47 1.34 1.32 1.34 Lothian 1.25 1.23 1.20 1.17 1.21 Argyll & Clyde 1.37 1.38 1.33 1.32 1.29 Ayrshire & Arran 1.35 1.36 1.30 1.28 1.28 Greater Glasgow 1.32 1.33 1.29 1.28 1.30 Lanarkshire 1.47 1.48 1.39 1.35 1.34 Tayside 1.21 1.24 1.19 1.20 1.22 Orkney 1.44 1.31 1.23 1.15 1.24 Shetland 1.69 1.25 1.42 1.35 1.34 Western Isles 1.26 1.29 1.26 1.13 1.08