§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, for each year from 1975 onwards, the numbers of livebirths, stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, late neonatal deaths and postneonatal deaths of legitimate and jointly registered illegitimate babies in England and Wales with fathers whose occupations were classified as(a) social class I, (b) social class II, (c) social class III non-manual, (d) social class III manual, (e) social class IV, (f) social class V, (g) armed services and (h) students, unoccupied and any occupations not included in (a) to (g).
§ Mrs. CurrieI regret that the full information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the tables show readily available statistics on infant and perinatal mortality.
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Livebirths Stillbirths Deaths Social Class1 Early Neonatal Late Neonatal Post-neonatal Illegitimate 60,637 699 594 122 390 Total 535,781 5,108 4,205 935 2,590 1979 Legitimate I 38,600 200 200 51 129 II 121,600 771 671 164 341 III non-manual 60,200 413 359 72 157 III manual 209,300 1,715 1,311 258 813 IV 88,600 835 644 162 464 V 32,600 316 299 49 263 Other2 17,700 160 140 31 159 Illegitimate 69,467 715 653 152 522 Total 568,600 5,125 4,277 939 2,848 1980 Legitimate I 40,800 204 194 38 132 II 123,600 745 632 155 384 III non-manual 61,900 387 345 72 212 III manual 212,300 1,576 1,213 303 748 IV 87,700 708 616 145 424 V 32,700 313 247 72 204 Other2 19,900 144 156 45 162 Illegitimate 77,372 696 620 134 537 Total 578,862 4,773 4,023 964 2,803 1981 Legitimate I 41,100 190 150 39 128 II 122,100 682 510 124 329 III non-manual 60,300 335 258 75 181 III manual 198,300 1,302 1,026 248 777 IV 79,900 576 486 140 384 V 31,600 280 215 60 223 Other2 20,200 146 122 36 145 Illegitimate 80,983 697 546 141 542 Total 553,509 4,207 3,314 862 2,709 1982 Legitimate I 40,700 177 153 28 107 II 118,000 599 473 129 390 III non-manual 58,000 334 270 64 193 III manual 190,000 1,200 880 198 734 IV 78,500 590 452 112 363 V 30,800 249 203 42 201 Other2 20,200 132 126 34 143 Illegitimate 89,857 657 564 162 642 Total 536,076 3,939 3,121 769 2,773 1983 Legitimate I 39,200 166 120 28 96 II 116,800 560 436 102 353 III non-manual 57,100 279 239 60 166 III manual 188,300 1,059 816 215 694 IV 76,400 535 420 105 393 V 31,200 221 179 39 182 Other2 20,800 93 126 32 161 Illegitimate 99,211 718 594 142 586 Total 529,923 3,631 2,930 723 2,631 1984 Legitimate I 39,600 157 125 39 88 II 115,200 507 411 105 305 III non-manual 57,600 267 205 55 180
Livebirths Stillbirths Deaths Social Class1 Early Neonatal Late Neonatal Post-neonatal III manual 185,500 997 837 193 593 IV 76,400 515 377 103 308 V 29,900 256 169 45 170 Other2 22,100 126 93 30 149 Illegitimate 110,465 818 580 148 637 Total 526,353 3,643 2,797 718 2,430 1985 Legitimate I 40,000 162 149 38 95 II 118,400 485 411 92 335 III non-manual 56,200 291 204 53 144 III manual 184,300 982 724 178 592 IV 75,400 477 362 96 301 V 30,500 221 161 30 158 Other2 25,300 155 143 38 156 Illegitimate 126,250 872 664 146 757 Total 530,167 3,645 2,818 671 2,538 1 The legitimate livebirths for each social class are estimated numbers only, based on a 10 per cent. sample. 2 Includes armed forces, students, unoccupied and not stated. From 1975 to 1978, social class is derived from 1970 Classification of Occupations, and between 1979 and 1985 from the 1980 Classification.