HC Deb 21 December 1979 vol 976 cc516-7W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what was the (a) perinatal mortality rate, (b) neonatal mortality rate and (c) post neonatal mortality rate for the six months 1 October

PERINATAL, NEONATAL AND POSTNEONATAL DEATHS AND MORTALITY RATES ENGLAND AND WALES 1968–79
Still births and death sunder1 week Rate per 1,000 total births deaths under 4 weeks Rate per 1,000 live births deaths 4 weeks to 1 year Rate per 1,000 live births
1968 April-Sept. … 10,194 24.3 4,983 12.0 1,948 4.7
1968–69 Oct.-March … 9,899 24.2 4,946 12.2 2,904 7.2
1969 April-Sept. … 9,246 22.6 4,698 11.6 1,925 4.8
1969–70 Oct.-March … 9,342 23.2 4,813 12.7 2,659 7.0
1970 April-Sept. … 9,237 23.0 4,738 12.0 2,001 5.1
1970–71 Oct.-March … 9,294 23.1 4,775 12.0 2,770 7.0
1971 April-Sept. … 8,892 22.1 4,647 11.7 1,879 4.7
1971–72 Oct.-March … 8,354 22.3 4,270 11.5 2,403 6.5
1972 April-Sept. … 8,002 21.5 4,244 11.6 1,769 4.8
1972–73 Oct.-March … 7,523 21.5 3,924 11.3 2,348 6.8
1973 April-Sept. … 7,052 20.5 3,752 11.0 1,590 4.7
1973–74 Oct.-March … 6,951 21.2 3,660 11.3 2,122 6.6
1974 April-Sept. … 6,527 19.7 3,527 10.8 1,344 4.1
1974–75 Oct.-March … 6,371 20.7 3,402 11.2 1,828 6.0
1975 April-Sept. … 5,864 18.8 3,255 10.5 1,294 4.2
1975–76 Oct.-March … 5,510 18.7 2,947 10.1 1,698 5.8
1976 April-Sept. … 5,189 17.3 2,823 9.5 1,000 3.4
1976–77 Oct.-March … 5,014 18.0 2,718 9.9 1,571 5.7
1977 April-Sept. … 4,943 16.8 2,706 9.3 1,045 3.6
1977–78 Oct.-March … 4,591 16.3 2,457 8.8 1,555 5.6
1978 April-Sept … 4,751 15.5 2,690 8.9 1,140 3.8
1978–79 Oct.-March … 4,609 15.0 2,551 8.3 1,533 5.0
Note:
Numbers of deaths presented in this table are occurrences, with the exception of deaths under 1 week in 1968, and deaths for the period October 1978 to March 1979, which are registrations; for this latter period, the figures are provisional.