§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will state for 1983 and 1984 (a) the number of live births in Northern Ireland and the rate per 100,000 population, (b) the number of perinatal deaths and the rate per 100,000 population, (c) the number of infant deaths and the rate per 100,000 population and (d) the number of perinatal and infant deaths and the rate of such deaths per 100,000 population, ranked according to district council area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
Northern Ireland Number Rate per 100,000 population Live Births 1983 27,255 1,733.01 1984 27,693 1,754.39 Perinatal Deaths 1983 359 22.8 1984 301 19.1 Infant Deaths 1983 329 20.9 1984 291 18.4
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District Councils—Perinatal deaths Number Rate per 100,000 population 1983 Fermanagh 22 42.6 Omagh 16 34.1 Londonderry 31 32.6 Antrim 14 30.8 Larne 9 30.7 Lisburn 27 30.7 Coleraine 14 29.5 Limavady 8 28.6 Craigavon 20 27.2 Down 14 25.9 Newtownabbey 17 23.6 Belfast 72 22.3 Carrickfergus 6 21.1
Number Rate per 100,000 population Newry and Mourne 17 20.4 Ballymena 11 19.9 Dungannon 9 19.7 Armagh 9 18.0 Magherafelt 6 17.5 Cookstown 5 17.1 Banbridge 5 16.3 Strabane 5 13.5 Ards 8 13.4 Ballymoney 3 12.8 Castlereagh 6 10.0 Moyle 1 6.9 North Down 4 6.0 1984 Magherafelt 11 32.1 Newry and Mourne 26 30.7 Strabane 11 29.6 Ards 16 26.5 Omagh 12 25.5 Limavady 7 24.6 Antrim 11 24.0 Derry 23 23.7 Belfast 70 22.0 Fermanagh 10 19.5 Ballymena 10 18.1 Dungannon 8 17.5 Down 9 16.5 Coleraine 7 14.8 Lisburn 13 14.6 Cookstown 4 13.6 Craigavon 9 12.1 Armagh 6 11.8 North Down 7 10.4 Newtownabbey 3 9.7 Banbridge 3 9.7 Ballymoney 2 8.5 Castlereagh 5 8.4 Larne 2 6.8 Moyle 1 6.8 Carrickfergus 1 3.5
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District Councils—Infant Deaths Number Rate per 100,000 Population 1983 Omagh 23 49.0 Fermanagh 17 32.9 Londonderry 31 32.3 Limavady 9 32.1 Craigavon 22 30.0 Moyle 4 27.6 Dungannon 12 26.3 Armagh 13 26.1 Newtownabbey 18 25.0 Ards 14 23.5 Banbridge 7 22.9 Magherafelt 7 20.5 Lisburn 18 20.5 Down 11 20.4 Belfast 59 18.3 Cookstown 5 17.1 Larne 5 17.1 Ballymena 9 16.2 Carrickfergus 4 14.1 Strabane 5 13.5 Antrim 6 13.2 North Down 8 12.0 Newry & Mourne 10 12.0
Number Rate per 100,000 Population Coleraine 5 10.5 Balleymoney 2 8.5 Castlereagh 5 8.4 1984 Limavady 11 38.6 Newry & Mourne 26 30.7 Lisburn 23 25.8 Down 14 25.7 Antrim 11 24.0 Derry 23 23.7 Omagh 10 21.3 Cookstown 6 20.4 Dungannon 9 19.7 Fermanagh 10 19.5 Coleraine 9 19.0 Belfast 58 18.2 Banbridge 5 16.2 Ards 9 14.9 Craigavon 11 14.8 Strabane 5 13.5 Larne 4 13.5 Castlereagh 8 13.5 North Down 9 13.3 Ballymoney 3 12.8 Ballymena 7 12.6 Newtownabbey 9 12.4 Magherafelt 4 11.7 Armagh 5 9.8 Carrickfergus 2 6.9 Moyle — — The figures reflect a continuing overall downward trend in rates for perinatal and infant deaths in Northern Ireland