§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the mean birthweight and standard deviation for (a) total births, (b) live births and (c) still births in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 respectively, in Scotland;
(2) if he will give the mean birthweight and standard deviation for (a) total births and (b) live birthsin 1983 and 1984, respectively, for each health board in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation is given in the tables. Figures for 1983 are provisional and those for 1984 not yet available.
Mean Birthweight and Standard Deviation—Scotland 1980–1983 Mean Birthweight (Grammes) Standard Deviation 1980 Total Births 3307.9 553.5 Live Births 3314.9 543.1 Still Births 2188.4 926.1 1981 Total Births 3314.8 552.4 Live Births 3321.4 542.5 Still Births 2187.0 937.4 1982 Total Births 3316.2 555.8 Live Births 3322.7 545.7 Still Births 2135.9 968.8 1983 (Provisional) Total Births 3318.8 561.2 Live Births 3325.3 551.6 Still Births 2111.1 912.1
Mean Birthweight and Standard Deviation by Health Board—Scotland 1983 (Provisional) Health Board Total Births Live Births Mean (grams) Std. Dev. Mean (grams) Std. Dev. Argyll & Clyde 3303.3 566.2 3310.0 557.8 Ayrshire & Arran 3316.1 586.6 3325.6 569.9 Borders 3416.1 484.6 3416.1 484.6 Dumfries and Galloway 3319.4 539.6 3325.2 533.2 Fife 3294.8 563.7 3301.5 5542 Forth Valley 3304.2 591.2 3310.9 582.3 Grampian 3312.4 559.4 3319.4 547.9 Greater Glasgow 3289.8 565.4 3295.7 557.5 Highland 33813 575.4 3390.3 561.6 Lanarkshire 3303.8 598.5 3311.9 578.1 Lothian DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE Orkney 3547.2 430.2 3555.1 418.3 Shetland 3475.1 478.1 3479.0 475.1 Tayside 3311.6 565.2 3316.7 557.3 Western Isles 3423.3 567.6 3426.2 566.3