HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 cc236-7W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of maternal mortality there have been following births in the Dewsbury area for(a) home confinements and (b) hospital births in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Maternal deaths of women (ICD 630–6761 aged 16–50 for Dewsbury district health authority, 1983–1992
Year Number
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 1
1 1CD 9 codes 630–676 refer to complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Of these, codes 647 and 648 may be considered indirect causes of the pregnancy as they cover conditions in the mother classifiable elsewhere in the ICD 9 but which complicate pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. The remaining conditions may be considered direct causes relating to pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

Notes

  1. 1. There may have been other deaths among women who were pregnant or had recently given birth where this information was not given on the death certificate or was not selected as the underlying cause of death.
  2. 2. Information collected on the death certificate gives the place where the woman died. This may be different from where her child was born. Therefore it is not possible to separate deaths following births from home confinements and hospital births.