Infant and Perinatal Mortality (Hansard, 8 June 1993)

HC Deb 08 June 1993 vol 226 c243W 243W

§ Mr. John Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest information about the rates of infant and perinatal mortality in the North West Thames region.

§ Mr. Sackville
The infant and perinatal mortality rates for the North West Thames regional health authority for 1992¹ are given in the table.

North West Thames RHA Nationally

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 5.5 6.6

Perinatal mortality rate per 1,000 total births 7.3 7.6

¹ Details supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

	North West Thames RHA	Nationally
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births	5.5	6.6
Perinatal mortality rate per 1,000 total births	7.3	7.6
¹ Details supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.