§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the figures for baby deaths in the West Midlands in the last 10 years; and if he will break the figures down into the respective area health authorities.
Perinatal mortality numbers and rates per 1,000 total births for West Midlands Regional Health Authority (RHA) and Constituent Area Health Authorities (AHA) 1974–1979 Area Year 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 West Midlands RHA Number 1597 1446 1341 1193 1109 1155 Rate 22.5 21.8 21.1 19.4 17.2 16.8 Birmingham AHA Number 335 318 283 270 277 242 Rate 22.6 23.2 21.0 20.3 19.9 16.4 Coventry AHA Number 107 81 82 93 65 85 Rate 23.2 19.1 20.3 23.4 16.2 19.0 Dudley AHA Number 85 90 85 75 89 72 Rate 20.6 23.1 23.7 21.7 24.1 18.8 Hereford and Worcester AHA Number 145 128 139 107 89 117 Rate 18.5 17.5 19.8 15.1 11.8 14.3 Salop AHA Number 99 71 104 87 81 82 Rate 20.1 15.4 23.3 19.9 17.4 16.9 Sandwell AHA Number 119 102 83 69 73 91 Rate 27.0 25.5 22.5 19.2 19.6 22.6 Solihull AHA Number 54 44 37 39 29 39 Rate 20.1 17.1 15.5 17.1 12.7 15.9 Staffordshire AHA Number 325 287 263 225 193 207 Rate 23.8 22.4 21.4 19.2 15.5 15.7 Walsall AHA Number 96 81 62 64 55 59 Rate 25.9 23.1 18.6 19.9 16.8 16.7 Warwickshire AHA Number 134 124 123 93 91 92 Rate 20.9 20.7 21.5 17.6 16.4 15.5 Wolverhampton AHA Number 98 120 80 71 67 69 Rate 25.9 33.4 23.5 21.1 19.9 19.2