HC Deb 13 January 1977 vol 923 c542W
Mr. MacCormick

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the infant mortality rate in Argyll for the past 10 years.

Mr. Harry Ewing

The information for the latest available 10 years is set out in the table below. Figures for 1974 are given both for the former Argyll County and for Argyll and Bute District, and the figure for 1975 relates to the latter.

INFANT MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 1966–75
Year Area Rate
1966 … Argyll County … 26
1967 … Argyll County … 16
1968 … Argyll County … 22
1969 … Argyll County … 23
1970 … Argyll County … 14
1971 … Argyll County … 13
1972 … Argyll County … 15
1973 … Argyll County … 29
1974 … Argyll County … 17
Argyll and Bute District … 14
1975 … Argyll and Bute District … 16

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