§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births for children (a) under one year, (b) under four weeks, (c) under one week and (d) under 24 hours for the Leeds eastern district health authority for 1983 and 1984.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information is shown in the table. The rates are based on small numbers and are therefore liable to chance variation from year to year.
Numbers and rates* for (a) infant, (b) neonatal, (c) early neonatal and (d) deaths under 24 hours for children in Leeds eastern health authority 1983 and 1984 1983 1984 Period of death Numbers Rates Numbers Rates (a) Infant 37 8.09 55 12.20 (b) Neonatal 20 4.37 30 6.32 (c) Early neonatal 13 2.84 24 5.31 (d) Under 24 hours 8 1.75 16 3.54 *Rates per 1,000 live births. Definitions
(a) Infant—deaths of children aged under 1 year.
(b) Neonatal—deaths of children aged under 4 weeks.
(c) Early Neonatal—deaths of children aged under 1 week.