§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the(a) number and (b) percentage of underweight babies born in each health authority area in each of the past 10 years. [110827]
§ Mr. TimmsThe 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. Chris Ruane, dated 21 February 2000:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on underweight babies by health authority for each of the past ten years.The number of live births under 2,500 grams and their percentage of all live births with a stated birthweight in each Regional Office and health Authority for 1990–1998 are shown in the attached table. Also provided are the number of live and stillbirths under 2,500 grams and their percentage of all births with stated birthweight in each Regional Office and Health Authority for 1990–1998. Data for 1989 are not available based on the latest health authority boundaries as at 1st April 1999.975WI will arrange for a copy of this letter to be placed in the House of Commons library.Note:
The table referred to has been placed in the Library.
§ Ms Dari TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many underweight babies were born in each health authority for each of the past 10 years; and what percentage of live births this represented. [110766]
§ Mr. TimmsThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
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Number of livebirths with a stated birthweight less than 2,500 grams England and Wales, England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1990–1998 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 England and Wales 46,018 46,326 44,789 44,557 45,079 47,251 47,115 46,761 47,462 England 43,689 43,870 42,408 42,327 42,844 44,851 44,697 45,338 45,069 Northern and Yorkshire 5,833 5,917 5,755 5,586 5,652 5,940 5,630 5,892 5,568 Bradford 610 606 589 627 682 630 618 625 692 Calderdale and Kirklees 694 656 601 611 590 681 604 646 622 County Durham 512 476 526 482 464 506 495 525 468 East Riding 481 527 461 459 492 471 496 531 466 Gateshead and South Tyneside 270 317 313 288 306 334 299 331 261 Leeds 698 721 728 662 695 758 712 696 702 Newcastle and North Tyneside 442 482 423 431 445 433 426 440 391 North Cumbria 223 252 229 233 214 225 248 261 216 North Yorkshire 480 480 521 457 461 531 452 537 473 Northumberland 233 225 214 222 227 241 198 223 215 Sunderland 295 266 262 272 227 267 275 268 272 Tees 599 621 569 533 534 555 511 515 511 Wakefield 296 288 319 309 306 308 296 294 279 Trent 4,756 4,689 4,666 4,505 4,381 4,502 4,423 4,492 4,598 Barnsley 228 221 220 221 187 215 187 183 200 Doncaster 268 280 266 255 264 281 247 315 273 Leicestershire 860 787 788 869 856 915 931 913 893 Lincolnshire 406 382 417 382 419 431 420 450 487 North Derbyshire 254 293 283 241 280 244 253 255 252 North Nottinghamshire 360 350 330 328 348 371 382 404 346 Nottingham 855 788 764 768 626 583 562 543 573 Rotherham 244 232 226 213 239 248 228 227 234 Sheffield 465 504 524 500 504 492 483 460 513 South Humber 272 301 282 300 245 274 259 272 291 Southern Derbyshire 544 551 566 428 413 448 471 470 536 West Midlands 5,378 5,401 5,078 5,207 5,106 5,366 5,456 5,425 4,486 Birmingham 1,371 1,435 1,362 1,335 1,353 1,435 1,400 1,430 1,470 Coventry 375 373 354 408 368 346 386 340 323 Dudley 290 289 308 306 296 307 322 310 314 Herefordshire 135 127 106 133 112 118 123 126 122 North Staffordshire 419 426 383 406 351 382 395 367 422 Sandwell 376 383 379 354 403 393 395 403 402 Shropshire 318 362 293 326 311 352 358 340 347 Solihull 141 187 133 147 167 152 197 159 144 South Staffordshire 507 434 409 425 419 456 481 439 495 Walsall 261 278 275 292 265 305 312 358 358 Warwickshire 401 395 364 353 395 392 361 382 379 Wolverhampton 322 314 291 333 280 290 318 325 310 Worcestershire 462 398 421 389 386 438 408 446 400 NorthWest 6,450 6,276 6,076 5,794 5,678 6,209 6,247 6,202 6,321 Bury and Rochdale 421 456 472 370 416 419 424 435 461 East Lancashire 607 578 595 599 565 629 545 570 656 Liverpool 533 442 399 411 419 489 508 434 454 Manchester 651 633 613 550 506 588 562 548 540 Morecambe Bay 215 204 224 192 249 239 244 202 218 North Cheshire 248 291 238 232 218 221 260 237 261 North West Lancashire 400 425 363 339 381 361 403 430 413 Salford and Trafford 464 481 406 433 428 434 419 451 452 Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Dari Taylor, dated 22 February 2000:
977WAs Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on underweight babies by health authority for each of the past ten years.The number of live births under 2,500 grams and their percentage of all live births with a stated birthweight in each Regional Office and Health Authority for 1990–1998 are shown in the table. Data for 1989 are not available based on the latest health authority boundaries as at 1st April 1999.I will arrange a copy of this reply to be placed in the House of Commons library.978W979W
Number of livebirths with a stated birthweight less than 2,500 grams England and Wales, England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1990–1998 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Sefton 162 200 233 191 194 214 215 234 226 South Cheshire 480 433 483 434 425 485 491 496 448 South Lancashire 277 248 237 237 232 231 242 244 216 St Helen's and Knowsley 334 317 303 285 276 334 347 331 341 Stockport 245 238 229 215 174 227 209 205 234 West Pennine 542 469 465 479 457 503 481 520 507 Wigan and Bolton 554 566 556 527 484 580 608 607 609 Wirral 317 295 260 300 254 255 289 258 285 Eastern 3,842 4,112 4,045 4,056 4,177 4,272 4,284 4,299 4,346 Bedfordshire 526 543 498 536 531 524 561 548 575 Cambridgeshire 563 548 568 572 572 632 606 595 591 East and North Hertfordshire 362 341 395 375 444 424 414 423 390 Norfolk 501 530 514 560 562 603 569 551 576 North Essex 617 677 664 640 633 668 651 644 656 South Essex 493 620 535 544 530 503 524 585 445 Suffolk 479 462 449 456 506 487 490 544 536 West Hertfordshire 301 391 422 373 399 431 469 408 468 London 7,451 7,397 7,108 7,170 7,609 8,139 8,161 8,379 8,347 Barking and Havering 345 339 309 331 336 300 340 365 342 Barnet 242 252 232 242 271 319 316 334 302 Bexley and Greenwich 449 431 369 361 376 411 439 422 460 Brent and Harrow 588 605 608 558 556 568 609 581 558 Bromley 213 220 217 232 257 250 257 233 226 Camden and Islington 329 325 315 373 380 377 381 406 375 Croydon 349 346 338 333 331 382 358 368 404 Baling, Hammersmith and Hounslow 732 705 768 721 702 760 756 780 835 East London and The City 959 957 941 997 990 1,053 1,079 1,165 1,166 Enfield and Haringey 511 538 482 499 530 601 575 619 624 Hillingdon 252 262 245 228 232 283 250 260 291 Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 275 309 276 271 267 329 328 329 320 Kingston and Richmond 198 249 219 216 234 227 247 259 237 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 915 759 744 779 985 1,075 1,063 1,107 1,074 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 614 580 565 560 619 644 627 611 614 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 480 520 480 469 453 560 536 540 519 South East 6,503 6,613 6,360 6,455 6,655 6,777 6,807 6,943 6,892 Berkshire 660 691 671 655 706 737 734 779 810 Buckinghamshire 520 552 513 572 583 584 593 620 573 East Kent 461 497 448 412 435 438 406 508 421 East Surrey 245 258 278 294 324 323 305 285 300 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 461 474 431 515 529 504 517 565 502 Isle of Wight 99 73 71 89 78 81 94 88 89 North and Mid Hampshire 424 428 419 407 409 432 497 426 451 Northamptonshire 521 519 560 565 605 518 565 584 558 Oxfordshire 481 536 450 422 408 408 448 470 436 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 469 418 437 425 443 448 434 400 410 Southampton and South West Hampshire 448 399 389 392 390 445 420 401 421 West Kent 794 822 790 769 751 832 832 785 854 West Surrey 424 436 463 446 481 499 438 473 507 West Sussex 496 480 450 492 513 528 524 559 560 SouthWest 3,476 3,465 3,320 3,554 3,586 3,646 3,689 3,706 3,511 Avon 703 696 721 756 758 808 845 835 738 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 332 349 322 328 310 340 339 295 312 Dorset 459 467 396 459 452 429 456 471 480 Gloucestershire 410 399 355 397 469 454 420 429 421 North and East Devon 306 321 297 323 317 324 346 309 328 Somerset 335 305 323 379 324 346 352 334 332 South and West Devon 432 470 440 427 407 419 431 468 408 Wiltshire 499 458 466 485 549 526 500 565 492 Wales 2,329 2,456 2,381 2,230 2,235 2,400 2,418 2,423 2,393 Bro Taf 622 667 691 645 635 665 711 656 715 Dyfed Powys 296 308 309 311 311 325 342 300 316 Gwent 522 564 528 507 478 528 512 522 466 Morgannwg 372 422 413 346 330 399 373 398 398 North Wales 517 495 440 421 481 483 480 537 498 1 Boundaries as at 1st April 1999 980W 981W
Percentage of livebirths with a stated birthweight less than 2,500 grams England and Wales, England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1990–1998 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 England and Wales 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 England 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.5 Northern and Yorkshire 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.7 7.4 7.9 7.6 Bradford 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.5 9.3 8.8 8.7 9.1 9.8 Calderdale and Kirklees 8.4 8.0 7.4 7.8 7.7 8.7 7.7 8.4 8.2 County Durham 6.5 6.1 6.7 6.5 6.6 7.3 7.2 7.8 7.0 East Riding 6.5 7.0 6.4 6.4 7.2 6.9 7.4 8.2 7.4 Gateshead and South Tyneside 5.9 6.7 6.9 6.6 7.3 7.9 7.4 8.1 6.8 Leeds 7.3 7.5 7.9 7.4 8.0 8.5 8.1 8.3 8.4 Newcastle and North Tyneside 7.2 7.9 7.2 7.5 8.2 7.7 7.9 8.3 7.5 North Cumbria 5.8 6.3 5.9 6.3 5.9 6.6 7.0 7.5 6.6 North Yorkshire 5.6 5.7 6.2 5.7 5.8 6.5 5.5 6.6 6.0 Northumberland 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.7 7.3 6.0 7.1 6.7 Sunderland 7.1 6.4 6.5 7.3 6.3 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.4 Tees 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.8 Wakefield 6.6 6.5 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.7 Trent 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.8 Barnsley 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.7 6.7 7.6 6.6 6.9 7.8 Doncaster 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.5 6.8 8.8 7.7 Leicestershire 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.6 7.5 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.0 Lincolnshire 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.8 7.3 North Derbyshire 5.9 6.7 6.5 5.6 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.4 North Nottinghamshire 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.7 7.2 8.0 8.0 8.9 7.7 Nottingham 9.9 9.1 9.1 9.3 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.8 Rotherham 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 7.3 8.0 7.1 7.3 7.8 Sheffield 7.6 7.5 8.0 7.5 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.6 8.4 South Humber 6.3 7.2 6.9 7.6 6.3 7.1 7.0 7.5 8.2 Southern Derbyshire 7.3 7.4 7.8 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.9 7.0 7.9 West Midlands 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.6 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.4 Birmingham 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.8 9.5 9.2 9.4 10.0 Coventry 8.1 8.3 8.3 9.5 9.0 8.7 9.7 8.7 8.7 Dudley 7.2 7.1 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.5 8.3 8.8 Herefordshire 6.5 6.2 5.6 7.1 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.7 North Staffordshire 6.7 6.9 6.6 7.3 6.5 7.1 7.4 7.0 8.2 Sandwell 8.8 9.0 8.8 8.6 9.9 9.7 9.5 10.0 10.4 Shropshire 5.9 6.7 5.6 6.4 6.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 7.0 Solihull 5.5 7.2 5.3 6.4 7.1 6.6 8.5 7.2 6.6 South Staffordshire 6.6 5.8 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.5 7.4 Walsall 7.4 8.0 7.9 8.3 7.6 8.8 9.1 10.1 10.3 Warwickshire 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.3 6.7 6.7 Wolverhampton 9.0 8.8 8.3 9.4 8.3 9.2 9.6 10.1 10.0 Worcestershire 7.1 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.4 7.1 6.6 7.2 6.6 NorthWest 7.1 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.1 Bury and Rochdale 7.2 7.9 8.4 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.2 8.6 9.2 East Lancashire 7.7 7.3 7.8 7.9 7.8 8.7 7.7 8.3 9.5 Liverpool 7.9 6.8 7.6 8.0 7.9 8.3 8.5 7.7 8.2 Manchester 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.4 8.3 9.9 9.2 9.2 9.3 MorecambeBay 6.2 5.6 6.1 5.4 7.3 7.4 7.3 6.2 6.9 North Cheshire 5.6 6.3 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.5 6.6 6.2 6.5 North West Lancashire 6.8 7.3 6.6 6.3 7.1 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.3 Salford and Trafford 7.4 7.7 6.6 7.6 7.9 8.0 7.8 8.3 8.3 Sefton 6.2 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.9 South Cheshire 5.9 5.4 6.2 5.8 5.5 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.1 South Lancashire 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.0 6.3 St Helen's and Knowsley 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.6 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.5 Stockport 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.3 5.4 6.9 6.3 6.1 7.2 West Pennine 7.9 6.9 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.8 7.6 8.3 8.4 Wigan and Bolton 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.1 6.8 8.2 8.3 8.7 8.9 Wirral 7.1 6.7 6.4 7.1 6.3 6.6 7.6 7.0 8.0 Eastern 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.8 Bedfordshire 6.7 7.0 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.7 7.3 7.2 7.6 Cambridgeshire 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.4 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.9 East and North Hertfordshire 5.6 5.2 6.0 5.8 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.1 Norfolk 5.8 6.2 5.9 6.5 6.6 7.1 6.8 6.6 7.0 North Essex 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.4 South Essex 5.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.7 6.3
Percentage of livebirths with a stated birthweight less than 2,500 grams England and Wales, England, regional offices and health authorities1, 1990–1998 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Suffolk 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.0 West Hertfordshire 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.9 6.0 6.8 London 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.8 8.0 7.9 Barking and Havering 6.3 6.4 5.8 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.8 7.4 6.8 Barnet 7.0 7.1 6.4 6.5 7.0 7.7 7.5 7.9 7.2 Bexley and Greenwich 7.1 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.3 7.6 Brent and Harrow 9.2 9.4 9.0 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.4 Bromley 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.4 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.2 Camden and Islington 7.7 7.2 6.9 7.9 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.8 7.2 Croydon 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.4 8.3 7.8 7.9 8.7 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 7.8 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.2 East London and The City 8.6 8.5 8.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.9 9.7 9.7 Enfield and Haringey 7.6 7.5 6.8 7.1 7.5 8.0 7.7 8.2 8.3 Hillingdon 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.7 8.3 7.3 7.5 8.2 Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 7.2 7.7 7.3 7.8 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 Kingston and Richmond 5.2 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.4 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 8.9 9.1 8.7 8.8 8.8 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.4 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.9 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.9 8.5 8.3 7.9 8.0 7.7 South East 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.7 Berkshire 6.6 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.6 Buckinghamshire 5.9 6.2 5.8 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.7 7.2 6.6 East Kent 6.5 7.1 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.2 7.4 6.3 East Surrey 5.2 5.4 6.0 6.4 6.9 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.9 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 5.9 6.1 5.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.3 Isle of Wight 7.1 5.5 5.4 6.8 5.9 6.5 7.1 7.3 7.3 North and Mid Hampshire 5.9 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.2 7.2 6.2 6.4 Northamptonshire 6.3 6.8 6.9 7.6 7.9 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.5 Oxfordshire 6.3 7.0 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6.6 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.6 Southampton and South West Hampshire 6.6 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.3 7.1 6.8 6.6 7.0 West Kent 6.0 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.9 West Surrey 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.2 6.5 West Sussex 5.9 5.9 5.6 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.8 6.6 South West 6.1 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.5 Avon 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 6.0 6.5 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.8 6.7 5.8 6.2 Dorset 6.2 6.5 5.7 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.8 7.0 Gloucestershire 6.0 6.2 5.4 6.1 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.8 6.5 North and East Devon 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.3 6.7 Somerset 5.8 5.4 5.8 6.9 6.0 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.3 South and West Devon 6.2 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.7 7.4 6.7 Wiltshire 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.9 7.0 6.6 7.4 6.5 Wales 6.2 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.5 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.2 Bro Taf 6.1 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.7 7.2 8.0 Dyfed Powys 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.7 5.8 6.4 Gwent 6.9 7.5 7.2 6.9 6.6 7.6 7.3 7.7 7.0 Morgannwg 6.0 7.0 6.9 5.8 5.8 7.1 6.4 6.9 7.4 North Wales 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.3 6.4 6.3 7.2 6.6 1 Boundaries as at 1st April 1999