§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of births in 1984 of babies weighing (a) under 1,500 gs, (b) 1,500 to 1,999 gs, (c) 2,000 to 2,499 gs, (d) 2,500 to 2,999 gs, (e) 3,000 to 3,499 gs, (f) 3,500 to 3,999 gs, (g) 4,000 gs plus and (h) babies with unstated birthweight for Scotland and each health board.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe available data are as follows: 113W
Total births by birthweight and health board of residence 1984 Birthweight (gs) Health board 1,500 1,500 to 1,999 2,000 to 2,499 2,500 to 2,999 3,000 to 3,499 3,500 to 3,999 4,000 plus Not known Total Argyll and Clyde 65 71 244 1,033 2,159 1,635 515 7 5,729 Ayrshire and Arran 59 84 222 789 1,761 1,428 431 20 4,794 Borders* 11 14 47 193 414 291 121 — 1,091 Dumfries and Galloway 6 23 79 277 699 504 176 1 1,765 Fife 29 53 173 789 1,707 1,269 363 4 4,387 Forth Valley 38 36 136 580 1,188 910 339 6 3,233 Grampian 84 86 239 1,109 2,367 1,824 596 — 6,305 Greater Glasgow 144 199 598 2,510 4,747 3,212 1,049 9 12,468 Highland 15 28 89 386 918 839 333 5 2,613 Lanarkshire 71 110 355 1,299 2,700 2,127 727 4 7,393 Lothian* 74 122 383 1,476 3,136 2,465 847 8 8,511 Orkney 4 4 13 33 78 70 44 — 246 Shetland — 3 11 39 104 104 50 — 311 Tayside 48 58 184 830 1,799 1,417 438 — 4,774 Western Isles 2 1 6 25 123 108 52 1 318 Other areas/not known 3 1 3 3 7 7 3 — 27 SCOTLAND* 650 930 2,849 11,363 24,470 18,115 6,146 84 64,607 * 1983 Data Note: Data for 1984 are provisional