HC Deb 15 December 1999 vol 341 cc199-201W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the proportion of low birthweight babies in each health authority area of England, in each of the last five years. [102228]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 15 December 1999: The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on low birthweight babies. I am replying in Dr. Holt's absence. The information requested is shown in the attached table.

Percentage of live births with a stated birthweight less than 2,500g England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1994–1998
Health Authority 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
England 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.5
Northern and Yorkshire 7.3 7.7 7.4 7.9 7.6
Bradford 9.3 8.8 8.7 9.1 9.8
Calderdale and Kirklees 7.7 8.7 7.7 8.4 8.2
County Durham 6.6 7.3 7.2 7.8 7.0
East Riding 7.2 6.9 7.5 8.2 7.4
Gateshead and South Tyneside 7.3 7.9 7.4 8.1 6.8
Leeds 8.0 8.5 8.1 8.2 8.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside 8.2 7.7 7.9 8.3 7.5
North Cumbria 5.9 6.6 7.0 7.5 6.6
Northumberland 6.7 7.3 6.0 7.1 6.7
North Yorkshire 5.8 6.5 5.5 6.6 6.0
Sunderland 6.3 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.4
Tees 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.6 7.8
Wakefield 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.9 7.7
Trent 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.8
Barnsley 6.7 7.6 6.6 6.9 7.8
Doncaster 7.0 7.5 6.8 8.8 7.7
Leicestershire 7.5 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.0
Lincolnshire 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.8 7.3
North Derbyshire 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.4
North Nottinghamshire 7.2 8.0 8.0 8.9 7.7
Nottingham 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.8
Rotherham 7.3 8.0 7.1 7.3 7.8
Sheffield 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.4
South Derbyshire 6.2 6.5 6.9 7.0 7.9
South Humber 6.3 7.1 7.0 7.5 8.2
Anglia and Oxford 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0
Bedfordshire 6.8 6.7 7.3 7.2 7.6
Berkshire 6.6 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.6
Buckinghamshire 6.6 6.8 6.7 7.2 6.6
Cambridge and Huntingdon 6.3 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.8
East Norfolk 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.9
Northamptonshire 7.9 7.0 7.5 7.7 7.5
North West Anglia 6.4 7.6 7.8 7.4 8.1
Oxfordshire 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.9
Suffolk 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.0
North Thames 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.6
Barking and Havering 6.4 6.2 6.8 7.4 6.8
Barnet 7.0 7.8 7.5 7.9 7.2
Brent and Harrow 8.6 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.4
Camden and Islington 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.8 7.2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.2
East and North Hertfordshire 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.1
East London and The City 9.0 9.0 8.9 9.7 9.7
Enfield and Haringey 7.5 7.9 7.7 8.2 8.3
Hillingdon 6.7 8.3 7.2 7.5 8.2
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5
North Essex 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.4
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8.5 8.3 7.9 8.0 7.7
South Essex 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.7 6.3
West Hertfordshire 5.9 6.5 6.9 6.0 6.8

Percentage of live births with a stated birthweight less than 2,500g England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1994–1998
Health Authority 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
South Thames 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0
Bexley and Greenwich 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.3 7.6
Bromley 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.3
Croydon 7.4 8.3 7.8 7.9 8.7
East Kent 6.4 6.7 6.2 7.4 6.3
East Surrey 6.9 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.9
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.3
Kingston and Richmond 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.4
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.9 9.1 8.7 8.8 8.8
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.9
West Kent 5.9 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.9
West Surrey 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.2 6.5
West Sussex 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.8 6.6
South and West 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.6
Avon 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.3
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 6.2 6.8 6.7 5.8 6.2
Dorset 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.8 7.0
Gloucestershire 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.8 6.5
Isle of Wight 5.9 6.5 7.1 7.3 7.3
North and East Devon 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.3 6.7
North and Mid Hampshire 5.9 6.2 7.2 6.2 6.4
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.6
Somerset 6.0 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.3
Southampton and South West
Hampshire 6.3 7.1 6.8 6.6 7.0
South and West Devon 6.2 6.6 6.7 7.4 6.7
Wiltshire 6.9 7.0 6.6 7.3 6.5
West Midlands 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.4
Birmingham 8.8 9.5 9.2 9.4 10.0
Coventry 9.0 8.7 9.7 8.7 8.7
Dudley 7.7 7.9 8.5 8.3 8.8
Herefordshire 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.9 6.7
North Staffordshire 6.4 7.1 7.4 7.0 8.2
Sandwell 9.9 9.7 9.5 10.0 10.4
Shropshire 6.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 7.0
Solihull 7.1 6.6 8.5 7.2 6.6
South Staffordshire 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.5 7.4
Walsall 7.6 8.8 9.1 10.1 10.3
Warwickshire 6.8 6.9 6.3 6.7 6.7
Wolverhampton 8.3 9.2 9.6 10.1 10.0
Worcestershire 6.4 7.1 6.6 7.2 6.6
North West 7.0 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.1
Bury and Rochdale 7.8 8.3 8.2 8.6 9.2
East Lancashire 7.8 8.7 7.7 8.3 9.5
Liverpool 7,9 8.3 8.5 7.7 8.2
Manchester 8.3 9.9 9.2 9.2 9.3
Morecambe Bay 7.3 7.4 7.3 6.2 6.9
North Cheshire 5.4 5.5 6.6 6.2 6.5
North West Lancashire 7.1 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.3
St. Helen's and Knowsley 6.6 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.5
Salford and Trafford 7.9 8.0 7.8 8.3 8.3
Sefton 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.9
South Cheshire 5.5 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.1
South Lancashire 6.4 6.4 6.9 7.0 6.3
Stockport 5.4 6.9 6.3 6.1 7.2
West Pennine 7.3 7.8 7.6 8.4 8.4
Wigan and Bolton 6.8 8.2 8.3 8.7 8.9
Wirral 6.3 6.6 7.6 7.0 8.0
1 Boundaries as at 1 April 1998