HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 cc594-7W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the perinatal and infant mortality statistics for each socio-economic class and for unmarried mothers in each region in England for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Moyle

Rates for the period 1970–72 are available by sex for each socioeconomic group and in respect of illegitimate births as follows:

Region
Socio-economic group North Yorkshire and Humber-side North West East Midlands West Midlands East Anglia South East South West
10
Male 23 26 25 24 23 16 20 19
Female 16 20 18 18 17 14 16 17
11
Male 40 36 39 35 35 32 31 36
Female 25 34 32 31 28 16 23 30
12
Male 12 18 16 20 15 14 12 14
Female 13 9 12 10 14 8 8 12
13
Male 16 15 36 22 25 8 16 20
Female 14 10 14 12 14 15 15 14
14
Male 6 11 7 12 6 22 10 10
Female 12 7 11 5 7 8 8 11
15
Male 29 19 20 21 22 19 19 19
Female 19 19 20 11 12 17 18 14
16
Male 24 21 22 19 18 22 23 20
Female 16 13 23 18 19 11 15 15
17
Male 40 30 54 26 36 34 38 32
Female 29 27 44 24 38 33 34 30
Unoccupied
Male 30 46 43 51 23 44 31 16
Female 33 35 19 56 28 12 27 13
Total
Male 21 22 23 20 21 18 18 19
Female 16 18 17 15 16 13 14 14
Illegitimate
Male 31 28 35 29 29 30 24 25
Female 19 24 23 26 24 15 21 19

PERINATAL MORTALITY
(stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total live and stillbirths)
Region
Socio-economic group North Yorkshire and Humber-side North West East Midlands West Midlands East Anglia South East South West
1.1 and 2.1
Male 19 14 23 16 18 10 18 29
Female 15 19 16 19 22 18 14 21
1.2 and 2.2
Male 20 21 22 17 25 24 19 17
Female 19 20 20 14 15 15 16 14
3
Male 17 15 12 7 21 9 13 28
Female 20 28 15 13 16 7 11 9
4
Male 21 23 18 20 17 13 17 19
Female 20 16 15 14 17 13 15 16
5.1
Male 17 17 19 20 19 22 19 19
Female 21 21 22 16 20 25 15 19
5.2
Male 39 12 29 25 21 17 18 28
Female 11 18 22 17 23 22 15 33
6
Male 27 24 25 20 26 21 21 21
Female 20 20 21 17 21 16 18 17
7
Male 33 40 41 24 42 29 24 29
Female 23 28 23 11 20 15 18 25
8
Male 22 24 29 8 24 19 22 16
Female 15 22 20 16 23 16 21 18

Region
Socio-economic group North Yorkshire and Humber-side North West East Midlands West Midlands East Anglia South East South West
9
Male 24 26 26 24 26 20 21 22
Female 21 22 25 21 23 21 21 18
10
Male 26 26 29 24 27 21 23 21
Female 22 24 26 23 24 19 21 20
11
Male 37 32 37 37 37 29 33 33
Female 24 36 34 29 30 23 29 32
12
Male 18 18 23 18 22 17 18 19
Female 25 17 20 21 20 19 14 21
13
Male 23 17 47 31 24 13 22 21
Female 16 17 17 18 17 12 22 14
14
Male 13 16 20 25 19 18 13 16
Female 14 11 20 28 14 2 13 18
15
Male 44 26 18 23 26 29 18 23
Female 26 24 19 12 20 26 22 19
16
Male 22 23 29 22 23 23 22 21
Female 18 15 27 26 22 17 16 19
17
Male 49 35 64 45 47 35 51 40
Female 45 39 51 43 52 40 48 37
Unoccupied
Male 33 40 45 35 21 59 31 13
Female 26 29 21 43 35 9 27 29
Total
Male 25 25 27 23 26 21 21 22
Female 22 23 24 20 23 19 19 19
Illegitimate
Male 33 30 39 29 35 38 28 27
Female 29 30 28 31 33 21 26 24

Socio-economic groups

  • 1.1 and 2.1 Employers in industry, etc.
  • 1.2 and 2.2 Managers in industry, etc.
  • 3 Professional workers—self employed.
  • 4 Professional workers—employees.
  • 5.1 Ancillary workers and artists.
  • 5.2 Foremen and supervisors—non-manual.
  • 6 Junior non-manual workers.
  • 7 Personal service workers.
  • 8 Foremen and supervisors—manual.
  • 9 Skilled manual workers.
  • 10 Semi-skilled manual workers.
  • 11 Unskilled manual workers.
  • 12 Own account workers—other than professional.
  • 13 Farmers—employers and managers.
  • 14 Farmers—own account.
  • 15 Agricultural workers.
  • 16 Members of armed forces.
  • 17 Inadequately described occupations.

For details of Socio-economic Groups see Appendix B2 to Classification of Occupations 1970—HMSO.

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