Child Mortality Rate

HC Deb 03 May 1994 vol 242 cc446-7W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the national child mortality rate; and what are the rates in(a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table:

Child mortality1 rates in England and Wales, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield County Districts for the combined years of 1990–1992.
	1990–1992 rate2
	Male	Female
England and Wales	83	64
Doncaster	90	64
Barnsley	90	67
Rotherham	92	62
Sheffield	85	78

¹ 0–14 years of age

² Rate per 100,000 population

Note:

The combined years of 1990–92 have been used to overcome the random fluctuations due to the small number of events in these areas.