§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births in (a) England, (b) France, (c) Finland, (d) Japan and (e) Sweden for 1983 and for each of the countries listed, except England for 1982.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information is shown in the table:
Infant mortality rates for selected countries, 1982 and 1983. Country Rate per 1,000 live births 1982 1983 England 10.8 10.0 Japan 6.6 n/a France n/a n/a Finland 5.8 n/a Sweden n/a n/a Great care should be taken in comparing the figures for different countries as there may be differences in the definitions of infants at risk.