Perinatal and Infant Mortality

HC Deb 18 July 1979 vol 970 cc770-1W

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the perinatal and infant mortality rates for Scotland in 1977 by social class, parity and age of mother.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The figures are given in the table below:

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PERINATAL AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES, SCOTLAND, 1977
Social Class/ Age of Mother/ Parity	Perinatal mortality per 1,000 births live and still	Infant mortality per 1,000 live births
Social Class
I	10.9	9.2
II	14.1	12.6
III	17.6	14.2
IV	19.2	15.3
v	23.5	21.5
All	18.3	16.1
Age of Mother
Under 16	20.2	10.2
16–19	24.5	23.1
20–24	17.2	17.0
25–29	16.1	13.3
30–34	16.6	13.4
35 and over	28.9	19.9
Number of previous children (legitimate births only)
0	18.9	13.8
1	13.4	14.9
2	14.6	14.2
3	25.0	19.6
4 or more	39.0	25.4
All legitimate	17.1	15.0