§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the level of maternity mortality rates in 1979; and what it is today.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information is shown in the table.
Maternal mortality rates1, England and Wales 1979, 1989 1979 1989 Maternal mortality including abortion 11.51 8.10 1 Rate per 100,000 total births.