§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates and low birthweight births by social class for each area health authority in the North-West region.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergLow birthweight births by social class are not available. The perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class for the latest available ears, 1977–8, are given below. The 1979–0 figures will be available in the spring of 1982.
Perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class (legitimate births only) for the area health authorities within North Western Regional Health Authority, 1977–78 Social Class *Total I II III IV V Lancashire Perinatal† 17 17 12 14 24 24 Neonatal‡ 9 8 7 8 13 14 Infant‡ 13 10 9 12 19 21 Bolton Perinatal 20 15 18 18 24 21 Neonatal 11 — 10 11 12 9 Infant 14 — 12 14 17 14 Bury Perinatal 17 11 9 19 22 17 Neonatal 9 7 6 9 12 8 Infant 13 7 9 14 12 34 Manchester Perinatal 18 5 24 17 22 16 Neonatal 10 — 6 9 14 14 Infant 16 7 15 15 20 23 Oldham Perinatal 16 15 15 13 26 14 Neonatal 9 8 8 8 15 3 Infant 14 11 11 12 19 25 Rochdale Perinatal 23 16 22 24 23 18 Neonatal 13 10 13 14 11 8 Infant 16 13 14 16 15 16 Salford Perinatal 18 4 13 16 29 12 Neonatal 10 4 10 8 15 10 Infant 16 8 23 14 18 10 Stockport Perinatal 18 14 19 18 19 14 Neonatal 10 12 12 7 16 14 Infant 14 15 13 11 23 21 Tameside Perinatal 17 12 15 15 22 15 Neonatal 9 4 9 8 15 5 Infant 13 8 12 11 16 25 Trafford Perinatal 12 17 8 11 13 25 Neonatal 6 8 2 6 3 38 Infant 8 8 3 9 8 38 Wigan Perinatal 20 6 14 22 23 31 Neonatal 10 — 10 11 9 14 Infant 13 2 13 14 13 20 * The totals include residual social groups not ascribed to social classes I to V. † Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) legitimate births. ‡ Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births. Note: Many of the rates are based on small numbers of deaths and should be used with caution.
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§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates and low birthweight births by social class for the North-West region.
Perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class (legitimate births only) for the North Western Regional Authority, 1977 to 1979. Social Class Total* I II III IV V 1977 Perinatal† 18.0 11.7 13.1 17.5 23.8 19.4 Neonatal‡ 9.6 6.0 7.6 9.0 12.3 10.4 Infant‡ 13.7 8.0 10.0 12.6 17.7 20.9 1978 Perinatal 17.2 14.6 15.9 15.1 23.0 19.8 Neonatal 9.6 6.3 8.4 8.6 12.8 13.3 Infant 13.9 9.4 11.7 12.7 17.4 20.0 1979 Perinatal 15.1 9.0 13.5 14.5 19.2 18.2 Neonatal 8.4 5.5 7.5 8.2 10.4 10.3 Infant 12.6 9.0 10.8 11.6 16.2 18.7 * The totals include residual social groups not ascribed to social class I to V. † Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) legitimate births. ‡ Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births. Note: Social class data for 1979 cannot be directly compared with earlier years because of changes in social class classifications.