HC Deb 21 July 1975 vol 896 c44W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births at neonatal and post-neonatal stages in Scotland in 1950 and the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. William Ross

In 1950, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rates per 1,000 live births were 23.0 and 15.5, respectively. The corresponding rates for 1973 were 12.7 and 6.3.