§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the perinatal mortality rates for 1979 and early 1980 for babies weighing (a) under 1,000 grams, (b) 1,001 to 1,500 grams, (c) 1,501 to 2,000 grams, (d) 2,001 to 2,500 grams and (e) over 2,500 grams for England and each area health authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 3 February 1981. c. 90–91]: Perinatal mortality rates for 1979 in the categories specified have now been calculated by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, as part of a larger study, from data supplied by the Department and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, and are set out in the following table. Information for 1980 is not yet available. The rates shown, particularly for birthweights of 1,500 grams and below, are based on very small numbers and need to be interpreted with great caution. They can vary considerably from year to year and fairly large differences between rates for two area health authorities may still be within the bounds of chance variation.
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1979 Perinatal Mortality Rates per 1,000 Total Births: for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001–1,500 grams (c) 1,501–2,000 grams (d) 2,001–2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams England 772 415 152 38.7 5.3r Northern Region Cleveland 774 422 186 58.5 6.9 Cumbria 824 611 200 42.2 5.8 Durham 958 653 215 33.2 4.9 Northumberland 917 500 143 51.0 5.4 Gateshead 909 682 177 32.1 5.7 Newcastle upon Tyne 846 400 100 47.0 8.5 North Tyneside 1,000 563 125 42.7 7.8 South Tyneside 1,000 500 207 37.4 5.3 Sunderland 1,000 500 154 56.5 5.3 Yorkshire Region Humberside 780 492 147 49.3 4.8 North Yorkshire 828 397 227 44.5 3.9 Bradford 824 453 144 28.2 6.1 Calderdale 800 571 250 46.1 4.7 Kirklees 786 441 132 29.7 7.5 Leeds 813 429 162 42.5 5.2 Wakefield 1,000 727 196 30.2 4.0 Trent Region Derbyshire 818 439 161 33.5 5.4 Leicestershire 612 372 122 36.6 6.2 Lincolnshire 833 293 194 50.8 5.7 Nottinghamshire 679 444 183 55.6 3.8 Barnsley 778 211 237 86.3 4.5 Doncaster 778 300 231 34.9 4.7 Rotherham 733 458 140 15.4 7.3 Sheffield 688 372 212 43.3 2.8
1979 Perinatal Mortality Rates per 1,000 Total Births for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001to1,500 grams (c) 1,501to2,000 grams (d) 2,001to2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams East Anglia Region Cambridgeshire 808 465 93 14.1 6.0 Norfolk 714 414 208 35.3 5.1 Suffolk 867 361 107 60.0 4.0 North West Thames Region Bedfordshire 784 500 128 62.3 6.7 Hertfordshire 816 423 107 38.1 3.8 Barnet 611 310 100 30.8 2.8 Brent/Harrow 650 333 116 22.2 5.9 Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow 740 301 102 34.3 3.9 Hillingdon 1,000 455 174 16.4 5.2 Kensington/Chelsea/Westminster 619 333 89 24.4 3.8 North East Thames Region Essex 667 374 158 49.1 4.6 Barking/Havering 867 533 186 59.3 2.7 Camden/Islington 467 361 160 29.4 5.4 City/Hackney/Newham/Tower Hamlet 725 412 151 38.0 6.3 Enfield/Haringey 750 195 92 21.7 5.0 Redbridge/Waltham Forest 720 477 102 36.3 3.3 South East Thames Region East Sussex 667 489 222 27.7 3.3 Kent 768 400 128 34.1 5.4 Bexley/Greenwich 790 353 157 18.8 5.6 Bromley 750 278 179 58.1 4.8 Lambeth/Lewisham/Southwark 750 380 124 31.5 4.5 398W 399W
1979 Perinatal Mortality Rales per 1,000 Total Births for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001–1,500 grams (c) 1,501–2,000 grams (d) 2,001–2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams South West Thames Region Surrey 750 321 102 27.3 *6.l West Sussex 864 521 226 56.9 4.6 Croydon 833 393 159 58.5 6.1 Kingston/Richmond 600 381 91 61.9 2.3 Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 690 308 150 22.3 4.8 Wessex Region Dorset 733 394 123 41.7 5.0
for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001–1,500 grams (c) 1,501–2,000 grams (d) 2,001–2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams Hampshire 614 355 144 41.1 *2.3 Wiltshire 840 433 167 31.7 6.8 Isle of Wight 1,000 800 267 83.3 4.3 * Unreliable, low weight births to West Surrey residents included in Hampshire return not Surrey.
1979 Perinatal Mortality Rates per 1,000 Total Births for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001to1,500 grams (c) 1,501to2,000 grams (d) 2,001to2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams Oxford Region Berkshire 862 380 150 34.6 3.3 Buckinghamshire 737 320 96 46.2 5.4 Northamptonshire 917 357 128 47.2 5.7 Oxfordshire 667 487 97 20.7 31 South Western Region Avon 850 301 92 44.9 5.3 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 813 464 167 31.1 6.6 Devon 792 345 177 28.8 5.2 Gloucestershire 750 333 90 24.7 5.8 Somerset 909 500 102 52.3 7.5 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 783 465 212 19.9 6.5 Salop 783 447 141 46.6 6.0 Staffordshire 881 398 199 52.4 5.4 Warwickshire 857 414 115 37.0 7.5 Birmingham 750 518 139 30.1 5.2 Coventry 760 177 114 30.8 10.2 Dudley 929 706 232 34.3 7.3 Sandwell 857 500 229 37.3 7.2 Solihull 667 667 167 29.1 4.2 Walsall 800 406 161 31.3 6.8 Wolverhampton 778 611 120 40.5 4.7
1979 Perinatal Mortality Rates per 1000 Total Births for Babies weighing Area Health Authority (a) 1,000 grams or less (b) 1,001to1,500 grams (c) 1,501to2,000 grams (d) 2,001to2,500 grams (e)Over 2,500 grams Mersey Region Cheshire 929 466 124 60.7 7.1 Liverpool 542 488 143 18.3 7.6 St. Helens/Knowsley 704 304 175 32.6 10.8 Sefton 539 320 104 48.3 4.6 Wirral 1000 360 115 48.5 5.8 North Western Region Lancashire 820 392 224 35.8 5.2 Bolton 824 714 100 55.6 8.2 Bury 600 409 167 38.2 4.0 Manchester 757 274 137 29.6 4.6 Oldham 1000 308 96 26.0 9.2 Rochdale 722 500 76 34.5 4.6 Salford 950 400 161 65.9 5.0 Stockport 667 552 133 33.1 5.1 Tameside 1000 364 177 44.6 9.4 Trafford 875 333 269 59.8 4.3 Wigan 667 522 351 60.1 4.5