HC Deb 22 October 1979 vol 972 cc100-6W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of stillbirths, live births, first week deaths, first year deaths and the perinatal and infant mortality rates for England and for each regional area health authority respectively, in 1978.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to his reply, 25 May 1979, c. 322–4]: The final figures for 1978 for each regional health authority and the numbers and rates based on areas of usual residence, and similar information for separate area health authorities are as follows:

STILLBIRTHS, LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS UNDER ONE WEEK AND UNDER ONE YEAR, INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY RATES ENGLAND AND EACH REGIONAL AND AREA HEALTH AUTHOWTY—1978
Stillbirths Live births Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births
England 4,797 562,630 3,974 7,360 13.1 15.5
HEALTH AUTHORITY REGION AND AREA:
Northern 381 38,265 297 530 13.9 17.5
Cleveland 81 8,069 65 115 14.3 17.9
Cumbria 51 5,316 42 72 13.5 17.3
Durham 69 7,285 64 106 14.6 18.1
Northumberland 38 3,586 28 58 16.2 18.2
Gateshead 25 2,620 12 26 9.9 14.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 29 3,287 13 33 10.0 12.7
North Tyneside 29 2,231 19 32 14.3 21.2
South Tyneside 18 1,854 14 30 16.2 17.1
Sunderland 41 4,017 40 58 14.4 20.0
Yorkshire 382 43,632 336 596 13.7 16.3
Bradford 62 6,800 51 111 16.3 16.5
Calderdale 25 2,407 21 34 14.1 18.9
Humberside 89 10,223 78 140 13.7 16.2
Kirklees 38 4,992 38 67 13.4 15.1
Leeds 89 8,388 58 93 11.1 17.3
North Yorkshire 42 7,088 55 93 13.1 13.6
Wakefield 37 3,734 35 58 15.5 19.1
Trent 446 54,377 392 718 13.2 15.3
Barnsley 25 2,595 19 34 13.1 16.8
Derbyshire 86 10,437 71 145 13.9 14.9
Doncaster 23 3,698 28 55 14.9 13.7
Leicestershire 107 10,846 83 143 13.2 17.3
Lincolnshire 59 6,490 48 83 12.8 16.3
Nottinghamshire 79 11,534 91 165 14.3 14.6
Rotherham 23 3,202 18 35 10.9 12.7
Sheffield 44 5,575 34 58 10.4 13.9
East Anglian 169 22,073 128 238 10.8 13.4
Cambridgeshire 56 7,369 39 66 9.0 12.8
Norfolk 61 7,723 52 91 11.8 14.5
Suffolk 52 6,981 37 81 11.6 12.7
Stillbirths Live births Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births
North West Thames 332 43,938 290 535 12.2 14.1
Barnet 27 3,494 31 56 16.0 16.5
Bedfordshire 64 7,396 35 67 9.1 13.3
Brent and Harrow 47 6,002 40 72 12.0 14.4
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 67 8,884 50 108 12.2 13.1
Hertfordshire 80 11,499 85 141 12.3 14.2
Hillingdon 18 2,832 19 37 13.1 13.0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 29 3,831 30 54 14.1 15.3
North East Thames 381 46,607 326 625 13.4 15.0
Barking and Havering 41 4,469 33 59 13.2 16.4
Camden and Islington 18 3,900 32 65 16.7 12.8
City and East London 99 8,491 55 121 14.3 17.9
Enfield and Haringey 37 6,113 52 90 14.7 14.5
Essex 131 17,959 114 209 11.6 13.5
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 55 5,675 40 81 14.3 16.6
South East Thames 353 41,958 285 557 13.3 15.1
Bromley 36 3,220 26 32 9.9 19.0
East Sussex 41 6,133 46 91 14.8 14.1
Greenwich and Bexley 53 5,476 34 76 13.9 15.7
Kent 148 17,912 104 222 12.4 14.0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 75 9,217 75 136 14.8 16.1
South West Thames 235 32,588 208 420 12.9 13.5
Croydon 36 4,187 31 69 16.5 15.9
Kingston and Richmond 9 3,348 22 42 12.5 9.2
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 55 7,427 55 117 15.8 14.7
Surrey 70 10,791 58 115 10.7 11.8
West Sussex 65 6,835 42 77 11.3 15.5
Wessex 214 30,875 197 380 12.3 13.2
Dorset 35 5,670 34 67 11.8 12.1
Hampshire 126 17,781 110 214 12.0 13.2
Isle of Wight 9 1,187 13 19 16.0 18.4
Wiltshire 44 6,237 40 80 12.8 13.4
Oxford 197 29,563 203 362 12.2 13.4
Berkshire 56 8,845 74 127 14.4 14.6
Buckinghamshire 53 7,524 56 92 12.2 14.4
Northamptonshire 58 6,916 46 83 12.0 14.9
Oxfordshire 30 6,278 27 60 9.6 9.0
Stillbirths Live births Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births
South Western 319 35,531 224 441 12.4 15.1
Avon 98 10,652 69 139 13.0 15.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 45 4,667 26 47 10.1 15.1
Devon. 96 9,918 59 131 13.2 15.5
Gloucestershire 42 5,700 32 62 10.9 12.9
Somerset 38 4,594 38 62 13.5 16.4
West Midlands 641 63,814 471 871 13.6 17.3
Birmingham 150 13,754 126 224 16.3 19.9
Coventry 37 3,969 27 52 13.1 16.0
Dudley 56 3,630 33 52 14.3 24.1
Hereford and Worcester 48 7,476 41 82 11.0 11.8
Salop 46 4,602 35 62 13.5 17.4
Sandwell 48 3,689 27 58 15.7 20.1
Solihull 17 2,270 13 25 11.0 13.1
Staffordshire 119 12,369 75 156 12.6 15.5
Walsall 33 3,250 22 43 13.2 16.8
Warwickshire 41 5,491 51 79 14.4 16.6
Wolverhampton 46 3,314 21 38 11.5 19.9
Mersey 273 29,931 186 363 12.1 15.2
Cheshire 113 10,950 75 141 12.9 17.0
Liverpool 60 6,309 36 76 12.0 15.1
St. Helens and Knowsley 47 5,076 34 63 12.4 15.8
Sefton 18 3,368 21 35 10.4 11.5
Wirral 35 4,228 20 48 11.4 12.9
North Western 474 49,478 431 724 14.6 18.1
Bolton 30 3,472 38 56 16.1 19.4
Bury 15 2,281 16 30 13.2 13.5
Lancashire 153 16,180 137 243 15.0 17.8
Manchester 54 5,771 44 89 15.4 16.8
Oldham 34 2,988 30 49 16.4 21.2
Rochdale 28 2,954 32 41 13.9 20.1
Salford 28 2,922 22 47 16.1 16.9
Stockport 33 3,500 33 52 14.9 18.7
Tameside 24 2,637 27 45 17.1 19.2
Trafford 24 2,723 18 25 8.4 15.3
Wigan 51 4,050 34 49 12.1 20.7
Numbers and rates are based on areas of usual residence.

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