Perinatal Mortality

HC Deb 08 May 1984 vol 59 c372W

Mrs. Renee Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in theOfficial Report the official figures showing the perinatal mortality rate for 1982.

Mr. John Patten

The perinatal mortality rate in England and Wales in 1982 was 11.3 (stillbirths and deaths under one week per 1,000 total births).