HC Deb 25 May 1979 vol 967 cc339-40W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the

Health board area Live births Stillbirths Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Perinatal mortality per 1,000 births—live and still* Infant mortality per 1,000 live births†
Highland … … 2,748 14 10 29 9 11
Orkney … … … 254 — 1 2 4 8
Shetland … … … 348 2 2 2 11 6
Western Isles … … 417 5 2 6 17 14
Grampian … … 6,076 60 42 70 17 12
Tayside … … … 4,528 32 25 57 13 13
Fife … … … 4,295 31 33 53 15 12
Lothian … … … 8,602 70 74 120 17 14
Borders … … … 1,081 7 4 7 10 6
Forth Valley … … 3,438 19 28 43 14 13
Argyll and Clyde … 5,863 38 42 74 14 13
Greater Glasgow … 12,370 121 83 168 16 14
Lanarkshire … … 7,839 73 66 104 18 13
Ayrshire and Arran … 4,825 37 52 75 18 16
Dumfries and Galloway 1,611 15 11 20 16 12
Scotland … … … 64,295 524 475 830 15 13
* Stillbirths and deaths in first week of life.
† Deaths in first year of life.

Official Report the name, address, and the date of the first appointment of each member to the Fife health board.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The membership of the Fife health board is as follows:

number of stillbirths, live births, first-week deaths, first-year deaths and the perinatal and infant mortality rates for Scotland and each health board in 1978.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The figures are given in the table below:

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