HC Deb 03 June 1991 vol 192 c61W
Mr. Ronnie Campbell

To ask the Secretary of Slate for Health if he will make a statement on the infant mortality rate in the north east.

Mr. Dorrell

The infant mortality rate for the Northern regional health authority for the last five years is set out in the table, together with that for England and Wales.

Infant mortality rate for England and Wales and for the Northern Regional Health Authority1. Rate per thousand live births
Year Northern RHA England and Wales
1986 9.8 9.6
1987 8.7 9.2
1988 8.4 9.0
1989 8.4 8.4
1990 27.9 27.9
1 Coterminous with North standard region.
2 These figures are provisional.