§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the standardised mortality ratio for Scotland, England, Wales and the eight regions of England for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alec JonesStandardised mortality ratios for 1972 by regions of England and Wales are as follows:
Males Females England and Wales … 100 100 Regions North … 110 109 Yorkshire and Humberside … 106 107 North-West … 112 110 East Midlands … 99 101 West Midlands … 105 102 East Anglia … 87 92 South-East … 92 93 South-West … 91 95 Wales I (South-East) … 111 106 Wales II (Remainder) … 106 99
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Retirement Pensioners* Sick or disabled Unemployed (Thousands) Women under 60 with dependent children† Year Number Index Number Index Number Index Number Index 1951 … 942 100 403 100 125 100 — — 1956 … 1,107 118 419 104 166 132 166 100 1961 … 1,253 133 452 112 317 253 226 136 1967 … 1,912 203 539 134 604 482 424 255 1968 … 1,987 211 559 139 608 485 479 288 1969 … 2,037 216 563 140 617 492 527 317 1970 … 2,089 222 552 137 617 492 565 340 1971 … 2,156 229 481 119 993 792 635 382 1972 … 2,149 228 459 114 1,000 797 668 402 1973 … 2,060 219 417 103 599 479 680 410 * Excludes widow pensioners aged 60–40 but includes from 1970 people receiving old persons pensions. † Information not available for this category before 1954. One-parent families as such were not categorised separately until 1968 and these figures do not include persons receiving widow's benefit with children or, of course, one-parent families with a male head. Separate figures of widowed, divorced or separated women without children were not recorded before 1968. Corresponding figures for Scotland calculated on the same base are 111 males and 114 females.