§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the infant mortality rate and number of deaths under the age of one year for each health authority in England for 1983.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested for each regional health authority in England is shown in the following table. It is intended that figures for district health authorities will be issued in an OPCS Monitor (DH3 series) within the next three months.
30W
Number of Infant Deaths and Rates per 1,000 Live Births for each Regional Health Authority in England, 1983 (Provisional) Regional Health Authority Number of Deaths Rate England 5,931 10.0 Northern 398 10.2 Yorkshire 524 11.3
Regional Health Authority Number of Deaths Rate Trent 591 10.3 East Anglian 208 9.0 North West Thames 400 8.8 North East Thames 481 9.6 South East Thames 413 9.4 South West Thames 301 8.7 Wessex 335 10.1 Oxford 288 9.3 South Western 349 9.8 West Midlands 740 10.8 Mersey 296 9.3 North Western 607 11.3