§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the five health areas in England which had the highest annual figures for(a) birth rates, (b) new cases of tuberculosis, (c) the incidence of pregnancies in women aged under 20 years, (d) the incidence of HIV-AIDS and (e) perinatal mortality rates; and what are the average figures for England in each category in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the tables.
(a) The five regional health authorities with the highest crude birth rates in 1993 were: 354W
Crude birth rate1 North East Thames 14.8 North West Thames 14.2 South East Thames 13.6 North Western 13.5 Oxford 13.4 England 13.1 1 Number of births per 1,000 population of all ages. (b) The five regional health authorities with the highest number of notifications of tuberculosis in 1993 were:
Health Authority Number North West Thames 851 North East Thames 806 West Midlands 788 North Western 608 Trent 518 Note:
The total number of notifications of tuberculosis in England in 1993 was 5,721.
(c) The five regional health authorities with the highest conception rates to women under 20 in England, 1991, were:
Health Authority Conception rates1 North Western 79.2 West Midlands 74.0 Yorkshire 73.0 Northern 72.5 North East Thames 69.3 England 64.8 1 All conceptions to women under 20 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19. (d) The five regional health authorities with the highest number of cases of AIDS reported in 1993 were:
Health Authority AIDS cases reported North West Thames 483 North East Thames 343 South East Thames 214 South West Thames 68 Oxford 54 Note:
The total number of cases of AIDS reported in England in 1993 was 1,463.
(e) The five regional health authorities with the highest number of cases of AIDS reported in 1993 were:
Health Authority West Midlands 9.9 North East Thames 9.7 Yorkshire 9.6 North Western 9.6 South East Thames 9.3 England 8.9 1 per 1,000 live and still births. Note:
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