§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the mean birthweight and standard deviation for (a) total births, (b) live births and (c) stillbirths in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively for (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) England and (iii) each regional health authority.
§ Mr. John PattenThe figures for 1980 to 1983 are shown in the table. No information for 1984 is yet available.
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1980 1981 1982 1983 Area Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation Stillbirths 2,089 982 2,078 986 2,144 979 2,115 967 England Total births 3,272 560 3,279 567 3,283 563 3,286 565 Live births 3,281 546 3,293 545 3,290 553 3,292 555 Stillbirths 2,070 970 2,064 983 2,149 976 2,114 968 Regional Health Authorities Northern Total births 3,291 560 3,295 566 3,301 565 3,302 568 Live births 3,302 544 3,311 539 3,309 553 3,309 556 Stillbirths 2,023 922 1,962 936 2,082 926 1,994 926 Yorkshire Total births 3,252 563 3,248 573 3,270 566 3,275 568 Live births 3,263 547 3,265 545 3,278 554 3,282 557 Stillbirths 2,045 958 2,061 1,012 2,103 974 2,143 990 Trent Total births 3,267 566 3,271 565 3,278 563 3,280 571 Live births 3,276 552 3,282 547 3,285 553 3,288 560 Stillbirths 2,101 1,032 2,154 997 2,184 972 2,054 969 East Anglian Total births 3,305 555 3,321 551 3,318 567 3,327 554 Live births 3,312 547 3,335 526 3,325 557 3,334 543 Stillbirths 2,131 817 1,910 942 2,212 1,038 2,141 911 North West Thames Total births 3,253 557 3,258 573 3,262 557 3,260 561 Live births 3,260 546 3,274 544 3,267 548 3,266 553 Stillbirths 2,000 935 2,104 1,137 2,162 965 2,126 927 North East Thames Total births 3,252 561 3,263 569 3,258 565 3,261 567 Live births 3,260 547 3,275 552 3,265 555 3,267 558 Stillbirths 2,150 1,001 2,156 938 2,109 991 2,138 983 South East Thames Total births 3,282 554 3,286 570 3,286 559 3,283 562 Live births 3,291 541 3,301 547 3,292 551 3,290 552 Stillbirths 2,044 938 2,095 991 2,243 989 2,150 948 South West Thames Total births 3,298 544 3,305 548 3,305 559 3,304 556 Live births 3,304 535 3,315 531 3,311 549 3,310 546 Stillbirths 2,158 915 2,012 970 2,150 1,023 2,212 1,042 Wessex Total births 3,301 542 3,302 557 3,313 555 3,313 558 Live births 3,308 531 3,316 534 3,318 546 3,320 547 Stillbirths 2,151 959 1,959 982 2,125 984 2,008 970 Oxford Total births 3,287 558 3,292 564 3,301 557 3,299 557 Live births 3,295 545 3,304 545 3,307 548 3,304 549 Stillbirths 2,008 942 2,026 955 2,180 999 2,187 942 South Western Total births 3,301 547 3,308 558 3,314 551 3,314 555 Live births 3,309 535 3,320 540 3,320 543 3,320 546 Stillbirths 2,175 973 2,000 918 2,170 928 2,147 961 West Midlands Total births 3,255 568 3,264 576 3,260 565 3,268 570 Live births 3,265 552 3,282 548 3,268 553 3,276 557 Stillbirths 2,023 997 2,005 926 2,138 1,004 2,091 1,005 Mersey Total births 3,290 566 3,283 569 3,307 565 3,313 569 Live births 3,299 551 3,295 551 3,314 555 3,319 561 Stillbirths 2,048 999 2,235 967 2,252 978 2,061 891 North Western Total births 3,247 572 3,253 585 3,262 577 3,268 576 Live births 3,257 556 3,268 562 3,269 567 3,275 567 Stillbirths 2,040 984 2,117 992 2,085 913 2,180 967 Wales Total births 3,310 561 3,290 595 3,310 567 3,305 570 Live births 3,318 551 3,311 558 3,317 558 3,312 560 Stillbirths 2,168 898 2,068 1,155 2,115 969 2,187 979 Footnote to table
1. The 1983 figures for the United Kingdom include provision information for Scotland.
2. The 1981 figures for areas of England are based on a 10 per cent. sample.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the mean birthweight and 80W standard deviation for (a) total births and (b) live births in 1983 and 1984, respectively, for each district health authority in England.
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§ Mr. John PattenThe information for 1983 is shown in the table. No information for 1984 is yet available.
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Means and standard deviations of birthweights (grams) District Health Authorities in England—1983 District Health Authority Mean Standard deviation Northern RHA Hartlepool Total Births 3,270 546 Live Births 3,271 544 North Tees Total Births 3,283 585 Live Births 3,293 568 South Tees Total Births 3,326 580 Live Births 3,331 570 East Cumbria Total Births 3,327 538 Live Births 3,337 521 South Cumbria Total Births 3,360 550 Live Births 3,362 546 West Cumbria Total Births 3,312 585 Live Births 3,320 578 Darlington Total Births 3,290 581 Live Births 3,297 569 Durham Total Births 3,304 579 Live Births 3,312 566 North West Durham Total Births 3,287 561 Live Births 3,292 553 South West Durham Total Births 3,290 576 Live Births 3,295 567 Northumberland Total Births 3,307 542 Live Births 3,314 532 Gateshead Total Births 3,276 575 Live Births 3,286 560 Newcastle Total Births 3,265 573 Live Births 3,274 559 North Tyneside Total Births 3,274 564 Live Births 3,283 552 South Tyneside Total Births 3,297 558 Live Births 3,309 543 Sunderland Total Births 3,324 567 Live Births 3,334 551 Yorkshire RHA Hull Total Births 3,309 559 Live Births 3,313 554 East Yorkshire Total Births 3,355 546 Live Births 3,359 539 Grimsby Total Births 3,318 563 Live Births 3,331 540 Scunthorpe Total Births 3,290 548 Live Births 3,300 530 Northallerton Total Births 3,325 585 Live Births 3,329 582 York Total Births 3,324 561 Live Births 3,333 546 Scarborough Total Births 3,353 580 Live Births 3,364 566 Harrogate Total Births 3,307 556 Live Births 3,317 537 Bradford Total Births 3,189 569 Live Births 3,196 558 Airedale Total Births 3,219 557 Live Births 3,223 551 Calderdale Total Births 3,231 582 Live Births 3,244 560 Huddersfield Total Births 3,285 538 Live Births 3,290 530 Dewsbury Total Births 3,221 555 Live Births 3,227 545 Leeds Western Total Births 3,284 601 Live Births 3,289 594 Leeds Eastern Total Births 3,269 563 Live Births 3,276 555 Wakefield Total Births 3,287 570 Live Births 3,296 556 Pontefract Total Births 3,277 567 Live Births 3,280 562 83W
District Health Authority Mean Standarddeviation Trent RHA North Derbyshire Total Births 3,278 565 Live Births 3,286 553 Southern Derbyshire Total Births 3,287 574 Live Births 3,294 562 Leicestershire Total Births 3,264 569 Live Births 3,272 556 North Lincolnshire Total Births 3,309 565 Live Births 3,315 554 South Lincolnshire Total Births 3,299 564 Live Births 3,311 548 Bassetlaw Total Births 3,283 567 Live Births 3,294 549 Central Nottinghamshire Total births 3,291 559 Live births 3,297 553 Nottingham Total births 3,252 583 Live births 3,259 571 Barnsley Total births 3,281 560 Live births 3,284 555 Doncaster Total births 3,293 581 Live births 3,300 568 Rotherham Total births 3,292 585 Live births 3,302 571 Sheffield Total births 3,295 567 Live births 3,300 561 East Anglian RHA Cambridge Total births 3,330 547 Live births 3,336 538 Peterborough Total births 3,305 579 Live births 3,316 566 West Suffolk Total Births 3,325 569 Live Births 3,331 562 East Suffolk Total birts 3,367 529 Live births 3,372 521 Norwich Total births 3,314 564 Live births 3,322 553 Great Yarmouth and Total births 3,308 550 Waveney Live births 3,315 539 West Norfolk and Wisbech Total births 3,314 528 Live births 3,319 517 Huntingdon Total births 3,343 556 Live births 3,351 540 North West Thames RHA North Bedfordshire Total births 3,351 567 Live births 3,355 561 South Bedfordshire Total births 3,289 563 Live births 3,295 556 North Hertfordshire Total births 3,281 539 Live births 3,286 530 East Hertfordshire Total births 3,335 546 Live births 3,340 539 North West Hertfordshire Total births 3,304 546 Live births 3,311 535 South West Hertfordshire Total births 3,253 535 Live births 3,256 531 Barnet Total births 3,255 543 Live births 3,261 535 Harrow Total births 3,214 545 Live births 3,221 536 Hillingdon Total births 3,265 568 Live births 3,272 561 Hounslow and Spelthorne Total births 3,267 573 Live births 3,273 562 Ealing Total births 3,209 554 Live births 3,214 547 Brent Total births 3,139 582 Live births 3,145 574 Paddington, and North Total births 3,199 608 Kensington Live births 3,210 592 Hammersmith and Fulham Total births 3,261 553 Live births 3,267 546 Victoria Total births 3,285 553 Live births 3,286 552 84W
District Health Authority Mean Standard deviation North East Thames RHA Basildon and Thurrock Total births 3,305 550 Live births 3,311 541 Mid Essex Total births 3,328 539 Live births 3,333 530 North East Essex Total births 3,283 552 Live births 3,288 544 West Essex Total births 3,355 561 Live births 3,360 551 Southend Total births 3,328 544 Live births 3,336 534 Barking, Havering and Total births 3,305 561 Brentwood Live births 3,310 554 Hampstead Total births 3,248 579 Live births 3,252 570 Bloomsbury Total births 3,218 590 Live births 3,227 578 Islington Total births 3,233 577 Live births 3,236 573 City and Hackney Total births 3,198 563 Live births 3,202 559 Newham Total births 3,180 577 Live births 3,189 564 Tower Hamlets Total births 3,169 558 Live births 3,179 539 Enfield Total births 3,246 581 Live births 3,251 574 Haringey Total births 3,203 584 Live births 3,212 569 Redbridge Total births 3,274 551 Live births 3,278 544 Waltham Forest Total births 3,220 592 Live births 3,225 583 South East Thames RHA Brighton Total births 3,292 556 Live births 3,299 545 Eastbourne Total births 3,291 555 Live births 3,295 550 Hastings Total births 3,309 544 Live births 3,317 531 South East Kent Total births 3,316 559 Live births 3,320 556 Canterbury and Thanet Total births 3,321 552 Live births 3,327 542 Dartford and Gravesham Total births 3,302 550 Live births 3,310 539 Maidstone Total births 3,337 552 Live births 3,346 537 Medway Total births 3,303 562 Live births 3,310 553 Tunbridge Wells Total births 3,330 530 Live births 3,334 524 Bexley Total births 3,290 550 Live births 3,293 546 Greenwich Total births 3,264 568 Live births 3,270 558 Bromley Total births 3,338 526 Live births 3,340 523 West Lambeth Total births 3,194 583 Live births 3,201 574 Camberwell Total births 3,186 599 Live births 3,194 588 Lewisham and North Total births 3,225 575 Southwark Live births 3,236 557 South West Thames RHA North West Surrey Total births 3,307 562 Live births 3,315 549 West Surrey and North East Total births 3,312 542 Hampshire Live births 3,319 527 South West Surrey Total births 3,356 555 Live births 3,359 547 Mid Surrey Total births 3,292 541 Live births 3,299 530 East Surrey Total births 3,324 573 85W
District Health Authority Mean Standard deviation Live births 3,332 559 Chichester Total births 3,333 558 Live births 3,348 534 Mid Downs Total births 3,336 541 Live births 3,340 533 Worthing Total births 3,324 552 Live births 3,329 545 Croydon Total births 3,287 565 Live births 3,290 561 Kingston and Esher Total births 3,308 549 Live births 3,314 539 Richmond, Twickenham and Total births 3,320 538 Roehampton Live births 3,322 535 Wandsworth Total births 3,215 580 Live births 3,223 569 Merton and Sutton Total births 3,285 553 Live births 3,290 545 Wessex RHA East Dorset Total births 3,294 552 Live births 3,302 538 West Dorset Total births 3,333 563 Live births 3,336 558 Portsmouth and South East Total births 3,288 559 Hampshire Live births 3,295 549 Southampton and South West Total births 3,320 573 Hampshire Live births 3,327 560 Winchester Total births 3,311 577 Live births 3,318 564 Basingstoke and North Total births 3,306 531 Hampshire Live births 3,311 523 Salisbury Total births 3,351 545 Live births 3,354 541 Swindon Total births 3,324 548 Live births 3,330 537 Bath Total births 3,325 562 Live births 3,333 547 Isle of Wight Total births 3,371 544 Live births 3,377 536 Oxford RHA East Berkshire Total births 3,298 553 Live births 3,305 542 West Berkshire Total births 3,313 550 Live births 3,319 543 Aylesbury Vale Total births 3,297 584 Live births 3,302 580 Wycombe Total births 3,277 545 Live births 3,280 540 Milton Keynes Total births 3,280 590 Live births 3,285 583 Kettering Total births 3,293 549 Live births 3,299 541 Northampton Total births 3,314 576 Live births 3,320 566 Oxfordshire Total births 3,301 543 Live births 3,306 537 South Western RHA Bristol and Weston Total births 3,279 566 Live births 3,286 557 Frenchay Total births 3,318 571 Live births 3,324 562 Southmead Total births 3,331 564 Live births 3,334 557 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Total births 3,319 554 Live births 3,326 543 Exeter Total births 3,320 561 Live births 3,324 555 North Devon Total births 3,287 553 Live births 3,296 538 Plymouth Total births 3,310 537 Live births 3,316 526 Torbay Total births 3,316 573 Live births 3,322 562 Cheltenham and District Total births 3,310 530 86W
District Health Authority Mean Standard deviation Live births 3,314 526 Gloucester Total births 3,321 553 Live births 3,328 541 Somerset Total births 3,331 544 Live births 3,335 539 West Midlands RHA Bromsgrove and Redditch Total births 3,329 563 Live births 3,334 556 Herefordshire Total births 3,333 573 Live births 3,346 553 Kidderminster and District Total births 3,297 564 Live births 3,301 559 Worcester and District Total births 3,338 547 Live births 3,347 532 Shropshire Total births 3,325 570 Live births 3,335 552 Mid Staffordshire Total births 3,311 565 Live births 3,322 547 North Staffordshire Total births 3,273 579 Live births 3,283 564 South East Staffordshire Total births 3,338 553 Live births 3,345 541 Rugby Total births 3,294 550 Live births 3,301 536 North Warwickshire Total births 3,319 560 Live births 3,332 540 South Warwickshire Total births 3,316 522 Live births 3,318 518 Central Birmingham Total births 3,189 573 Live births 3,198 560 East Birmingham Total births 3,212 562 Live births 3,222 546 North Birmingham Total births 3,282 579 Live births 3,286 569 South Birmingham Total births 3,261 570 Live births 3,268 561 West Birmingham Total births 3,160 578 Live births 3,168 567 Coventry Total births 3,229 548 Live births 3,236 537 Dudley Total births 3,284 578 Live births 3,291 569 Sandwell Total births 3,209 574 Live births 3,218 565 Solihull Total births 3,302 568 Live births 3,307 560 Walsall Total births 3,227 582 Live births 3,233 573 Wolverhampton Total births 3,215 580 Live births 3,222 566 Mersey RHA Chester Total births 3,346 568 Live births 3,349 564 Crewe Total births 3,290 571 Live births 3,296 561 Halton Total births 3,348 560 Live births 3,353 552 Macclesfield Total births 3,344 573 Live births 3,353 562 Warrington Total births 3,300 566 Live births 3,306 559 Liverpool Total births 3,296 567 Live births 3,303 557 St. Helens and Knowley Total births 3,274 576 Live births 3,280 568 Southport and Formby Total births 3,397 546 Live births 3,400 543 South Sefton Total births 3,286 564 Live births 3,294 550 Wirral Total births 3,355 570 Live births 3,360 563 North Western RHA Lancaster Total births 3,312 553
District Health Authority Mean Standard deviation Live births 3,315 548 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Total births 3,312 570 Live births 3,322 556 Preston Total births 3,248 575 Live births 3,259 562 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Total births 3,235 582 Ribble Valley Live births 3,242 573 Burnley, Pendle and Total births 3,258 569 Rossendale Live births 3,262 564 West Lancashire Total births 3,315 587 Live births 3,319 579 Chorley and South Ribble Total births 3,326 568 Live births 3,334 557 Bolton Total births 3,258 563 Live births 3,266 553 Bury Total births 3,307 570 Live births 3,318 553 North Manchester Total births 3,231 590 Live births 3,236 585 Central Manchester Total births 3,175 599 Live births 3,179 594 South Manchester Total births 3,240 577 Live births 3,245 570 Oldham Total births 3,244 594 Live births 3,249 575 Rochdale Total births 3,222 564 Live births 3,228 557 Salford Total births 3,262 587 Live births 3,269 577 Stockport Total births 3,294 552 Live births 3,299 545 Tameside and Glossop Total births 3,282 565 Live births 3,288 557 Trafford Total births 3,279 584 Live births 3,284 577 Wigan Total births 3,301 583 Live births 3,309 571