§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the perinatal and neonatal mortality figures for South Lincolnshire district health authority for each year from 1979 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information is given in the table. Both sets of figures, but particularly the neonatal mortality rates, are based on small numbers, and are therefore liable to chance variation from year to year.
Perinatal and neonatal mortality rates for South Lincolnshire health areas 1979–1981 Perinatal mortality rate* Neonatal mortality rate† South Lincolnshire health district 1979 12.9 5.3 1980 9.4 4.6 1981 9.8 5.4 South Lincolnshire district health authority 1982 12.2 7.4 1983 12.6 6.4 1984 12.3 7.8 * Deaths under one week plus stillbirths per 1,000 total live and still births.
† Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 live births.