HC Deb 12 January 1999 vol 323 cc136-9W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the percentage of low birthweight live births in each English health authority area broken down by(a) single and (b) all live births for the last three years. [64413]

Ms Hewitt

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

Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 12 January 1997: As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on low birthweight live births. The information requested is shown in the attached table.

Percentage of (a) all live births and (b) singleton live births: with a stated birthweight less than 2,500g England, regional offices and health authorities, 1995–1997
Percentage
1995 1996 1997
All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 7.9 6.5 7.4 6.3 8.1 6.9
Leeds HA 8.5 6.8 8.1 6.6 8.2 6.9
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 7.7 6.4 7.9 6.7 8.3 6.7
North Cumbria HA 6.6 5.3 7.0 5.4 7.5 5.6
Northumberland HA 7.3 6.2 6.0 5.1 7.1 5.5
Sunderland HA 7.6 6.5 8.0 6.6 8.1 6.7
Tees HA 7.8 6.4 7.3 6.4 7.6 6.5
Wakefield HA 7.9 6.7 7.6 5.8 7.9 6.5
North Yorkshire HA 6.5 5.0 5.5 4.4 6.6 4.9
Calderdale and Kirklees HA 8.7 7.5 7.7 6.1 8.4 7.0
Trent 7.3 6.0 7.3 5.9 7.6 6.2
Barnsley HA 7.6 6.7 6.6 5.7 6.9 5.6
North Derbyshire HA 5.9 4.5 6.1 4.9 6.5 5.2
South Derbyshire HA 6.5 5.3 6.9 5.7 7.0 5.7
Doncaster HA 7.5 6.4 6.8 5.5 8.8 7.1
Leicestershire HA 8.0 6.4 8.2 6.7 8.2 6.8
Lincolnshire HA 6.4 5.1 6.2 5.1 6.8 5.6
North Nottinghamshire HA 8.0 6.5 8.0 6.4 8.9 6.8
Nottingham HA 7.5 6.0 7.4 5.8 7.2 5.9
Rotherham HA 8.0 7.0 7.1 6.1 7.3 6.1
Sheffield HA 7.9 6.5 7.9 6.5 7.7 6.4
South Humber HA 7.1 5.9 7.0 5.6 7.5 6.2
Anglia and Oxford 6.8 5.3 6.9 5.5 7.0 5.6
Bedfordshire HA 6.7 5.5 7.3 5.9 7.2 6.0
Berkshire HA 6.9 5.4 6.8 5.3 7.1 5.5
Buckinghamshire HA 6.8 5.3 6.7 5.5 7.2 5.5
Cambridge and Huntingdon HA 6.8 5.2 6.5 5.0 6.2 5.2
East Norfolk HA 7.3 5.7 6.7 5.4 6.7 5.1
Northamptonshire HA 7.0 5.6 7.5 5.9 7.7 6.2
North West Anglia HA 7.6 6.3 7.8 6.3 7.4 6.1
Oxfordshire HA 5.7 4.3 6.2 4.9 6.3 5.0
Suffolk HA 6.3 4.9 6.5 5.3 6.9 5.5
North Thames 7.5 6.1 7.4 6.1 7.6 6.2
Hillingdon HA 8.3 6.4 7.2 5.9 7.5 5.9
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminister HA 7.8 6.2 7.7 5.5 7.6 5.7
Enfield and Haringey HA 7.9 6.6 7.7 6.3 8.2 7.0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 8.3 6.8 7.9 6.4 8.0 6.3
Barking and Havering HA 6.2 4.9 6.8 5.5 7.4 5.7
Barnet HA 7.8 6.3 7.5 6.2 7.9 6.2
Brent and Harrow HA 8.6 7.4 9.0 7.6 8.7 7.9
Camden and Islington HA 7.4 6.6 7.5 6.8 7.8 6.7
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 7.7 6.3 7.7 6.5 7.8 6.2
East London and The City HA 9 7.7 8.9 8 9.7 8.6
North Essex HA 6.5 4.9 6.3 5.1 6.2 4.9
South Essex HA 5.7 4.5 5.9 4.4 6.6 5.1
East and North Hertfordshire HA 6.8 5.3 6.5 5.1 6.6 5.0
West Hertfordshire HA 6.5 5.1 6.9 5.4 6.0 4.6
South Thames 7.0 5.6 6.9 5.6 7.0 5.5
Bexley and Greenwich HA 6.9 5.6 7.4 6.1 7.3 6.0
Bromley HA 6.9 5.5 6.9 5.4 6.4 5.0
Croydon HA 8.3 6.3 7.8 6.4 7.9 6.2
East Kent HA 6.7 5.3 6.2 5.0 7.4 5.7
West Kent HA 6.7 5.4 6.6 5.2 6.3 5.1
Kingston and Richmond HA 5.7 4.0 5.9 4.6 6.2 4.5
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 9.1 7.7 8.7 7.6 8.8 7.3
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 7.1 5.5 6.9 5.3 6.7 5.3
East Surrey HA 6.5 4.6 6.3 4.8 5.8 4.5
West Surrey HA 6.4 4.8 5.7 4.6 6.2 4.5
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 6.4 5.4 6.7 5.4 7.1 5.5
West Sussex HA 6.6 5.2 6.4 5.1 6.8 5.3
South and West 6.7 5.4 6.8 5.4 6.7 5.3
North and Mid Hampshire HA 6.2 4.6 7.2 5.4 6.2 4.7
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 6.9 5.4 6.7 5.3 6.4 4.9
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 7.1 5.8 6.8 5.7 6.6 5.5
Isle of Wight HA 6.5 4.6 7.1 5.6 7.3 6.3
Somerset HA 6.5 5.3 6.7 5.2 6.4 5.2
South West Devon HA 6.6 5.6 6.7 5.5 7.4 6.2
Wiltshire HA 7 5.7 6.6 5.4 7.4 5.6
Avon HA 6.8 5.6 7.0 5.4 7.0 5.6
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 6.8 5.4 6.7 5.5 5.8 4.6

Percentage of (a) all live births and (b) singleton live births: with a stated birthweight less than 2,500g England, regional offices and health authorities, 1995–1997
Percentage
1995 1996 1997
All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g All babies less than 2,500g Singletons less than 2,500g
Dorset HA 6.3 5.1 6.5 5.2 6.8 5.4
North East Devon HA 6.7 5.3 6.9 5.6 6.3 4.9
Gloucestershire HA 6.9 5.5 6.5 5.1 6.8 5.2
West Midlands 8.0 6.7 8.1 6.7 8.2 6.7
Birmingham HA 9.5 8.2 9.2 7.7 9.4 8.0
Coventry HA 8.7 7.5 9.7 7.9 8.7 7.0
Dudley HA 7.9 6.4 8.5 6.8 8.3 6.3
Herefordshire HA 6.4 5.2 6.8 6.2 6.9 6.0
Sandwell HA 9.7 8.3 9.5 8.1 10.0 8.9
Shropshire HA 7.1 5.5 7.0 5.5 6.7 5.5
Solihull HA 6.6 5.1 8.5 6.1 7.2 5.7
North Staffordshire HA 7.1 6.0 7.4 6.2 7.0 5.8
South Staffordshire HA 6.6 5.3 7.0 5.2 6.5 5.0
Walsall HA 8.8 7.5 9.1 7.7 10.1 8.1
Warwickshire HA 6.9 5.5 6.3 4.9 6.7 5.3
Wolverhampton HA 9.2 8.2 9.6 8.6 10.1 8.5
Worcestershire HA 7.1 5.6 6.6 5.5 7.2 5.7
North West 7.7 6.4 7.7 6.4 7.8 6.6
South Lancashire HA 6.4 5.1 6.9 5.9 7.0 5.5
Liverpool HA 8.3 6.9 8.5 7.1 7.7 6.7
Manchester HA 9.9 8.5 9.2 8.2 9.2 8.0
Morecambe Bay HA 7.4 5.9 7.3 6.2 6.2 5.2
St. Helen's and Knowsley HA 7.9 6.7 8.0 6.7 8.1 6.9
Salford and Trafford HA 8.0 6.6 7.8 6.4 8.3 6.8
Sefton HA 7.1 5.5 7.2 6.0 7.6 5.9
Stockport HA 6.9 5.5 6.3 5.1 6.1 4.5
West Pennine HA 7.8 6.7 7.6 6.7 8.4 7.5
Bury and Rochdale HA 8.3 7.1 8.2 6.9 8.6 7.4
North Cheshire HA 5.5 4.7 6.6 4.8 6.2 5.2
South Cheshire HA 6.5 5.0 6.4 5.1 6.6 5.6
East Lancashire HA 8.7 7.5 7.7 6.9 8.3 7.0
North West Lancashire HA 7.1 6.0 7.6 6.5 8.1 6.8
Wigan and Bolton HA 8.2 7.0 8.3 6.9 8.7 7.5
Wirral HA 6.6 5.6 7.6 5.6 7.0 5.7

Source:

ONS