§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report those district health authorities in the West Midlands with a higher perinatal mortality rate than the present average for the region.
§ Mr. John PattenThe district health authorities in which the perinatal mortality rates for 1981–83 were higher than the average for the west midlands region over that period are as follows. A group of years has been used to minimise the effect of random fluctuations of rates based on small numbers.
- Herefordshire District Health Authority
- Shropshire District Health Authority
- North Staffordshire District Health Authority
- Rugby District Health Authority
- Central Birmingham District Health Authority
- East Birmingham District Health Authority
- West Birmingham District Health Authority
- Coventry District Health Authority
- Sandwell District Health Authority
- Walsall District Health Authority
- Wolverhampton District Health Authority