§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the six health authorities in Scotland with the highest percentage of post neonatal deaths, for each year since 1975.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is as follows:
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Health Board Areas1 with the highest post-neonatal mortality rates,2 Scotland, 1975–86 Health Board Area Rate per 1,000 live births 1975 Lanarkshire 8.1 Greater Glasgow 6.8 Fife 6.7 Dumfries and Galloway 6.3 Argyll and Clyde 6.2 Ayrshire and Arran 5.8 1976 Greater Glasgow 6.0 Ayrshire and Arran 5.5 Lothian 5.0 Dumfries and Galloway 5.0 Lanarkshire 4.5 Highland 4.5 1977 Fife 5.9 Ayrshire and Arran 5.8 Greater Glasgow 5.5 Highland 5.4 Lothian 5.2 Grampian 5.0 1978 Western Isles 7.2 Highland 5.8 Greater Glasgow 5.7 Tayside 4.4 Lothian 4.0 Orkney 3.9
Health Board Area Rate per 1,000 live births 1979 Borders 7.9 Fife 6.0 Highland 5.7 Dumfries and Galloway 5.6 Shetland 5.5 Forth Valley 5.1 1980 Dumfries and Galloway 6.7 Highland 6.2 Ayrshire and Arran 6.1 Lothian 4.6 Greater Glasgow 4.6 Grampian 4.5 1981 Orkney 7.9 Borders 6.0 Forth Valley 5.4 Lanarkshire 5.0 Grampian 5.0 Greater Glasgow 4.9 1982 Orkney 8.5 Dumfries and Galloway 8.2 Shetland 5.8 Greater Glasgow 5.0 Lothian 4.5 Lanarkshire 4.5 1983 Shetland 12.7 Borders 7.2 Dumfries and Galloway 6.0 Argyll and Clyde 5.6 Highland 4.6 Lothian 4.6 1984 Grampian 5.7 Forth Valley 5.5 Dumfries and Galloway 5.1 Lanarkshire 4.6 Fife 4.3 Orkney 4.2 1985 Orkney 8.6 Shetland 6.5 Highland 6.1 Dumfries and Galloway 5.1 Greater Glasgow 4.6 Borders 4.3 1986 Orkney 9.0 Borders 5.6 Grampian 4.6 Dumfries and Galloway 4.2 Greater Glasgow 4.2 Lothian 4.0 Notes: 1 Figures for the smaller health board areas, in particular Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles, are based on small numbers of live births and therefore rates vary considerably with small changes in the number of deaths. 2 Deaths four weeks and over but under one year per 1,000 live births.