Infant Deaths (Hansard, 30 October 1989)

HC Deb 30 October 1989 vol 159 c25W 25W

§ Mr. Alfred Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for the latest year for which records exist and for each of the preceding three years, what was the number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom as a whole and the rate per 10,000.

§ Mr. Freeman
Infant mortality (deaths under one year), numbers and rates per 10,000 live births, in the United Kingdom, 1985–88, were

Year Number of Deaths Rate¹

1985 7,030 93.6

1986 7,180 95.1

1987 7,077 91.2

²1988 7,061 89.7

¹ Per 10,000 live births.

² Provisional.

Year	Number of Deaths	Rate¹
1985	7,030	93.6
1986	7,180	95.1
1987	7,077	91.2
²1988	7,061	89.7
¹ Per 10,000 live births.
² Provisional.