§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the perinatal and infant
Perinatal and infant mortality rates by social class (legitimate births), England, 1978 to 1981 Year Social class All* I II III IV V 1978 Perinatal† 14.7 12.0 12.2 14.8 16.7 20.1 Infant‡ 12.3 9.9 9.9 12.1 13.7 17.2 1979 Perinatal† 14.0 10.2 11.9 14.0 16.3 18.2 Infant‡ 11.9 9.9 9.8 11.0 14.4 18.4 1980 Perinatal† 12.9 9.7 111 12.8 15.0 17.5 Infant‡ 11.2 8.9 9.4 10.5 13.6 16.5 1981 Perinatal† 11.1 8.3 9.6 11.1 13.1 15.6 Infant‡ 10.1 7.7 7.8 9.8 12.6 16.0 * Includes residual social groups not ascribed to social class I-V. † Stillbirths and death in the first week of life per thousand total births. ‡ Deaths of infants under one year per thousand live births. Note: Social class data for 1979, 1980 and 1981 cannot be strictly compared with earlier years because of the introduction of the 1980 classification of occupations.