§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest available neonatal, perinatal and infant mortality rates for East Anglia; and if he will provide a breakdown according to socio-economic groups.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe latest available neonatal, perinatal and infant mortality rates for East Anglia are for 1981:
Per 1,000 Neonatal mortality rate* 5.7 Perinatal mortality rate† 10.4 Infant mortality rate* 9.9 * Per 1,000 live births. † Per 1,000 total births. Rates are not routinely available for socio-economic groups and could only be produced at disproportionate cost. Rates by social class for regional health authorities, 1980, were published in OPCS Monitor DH3 82/3 (July 1982).