§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the perinatal mortality rates for 1984 for babies weighing (a) under 1,500 g, (b) 1,500 to 2,499 g (c) 2,500 plus g and (d) babies with unstated birthweight in Wales and each health authority.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is given in the following table. At the district health authority level some of the perinatal mortality rates are based on very small numbers of perinatal deaths and quite large differences are to be expected by chance variation.
Perinatal mortality rates*, 1984 Birthweight: Health authority Under 1,500 g 1,500 to 2,499 g 2,500 g and over Not stated Clwyd 317.1 69.0 5.1 142.9 East Dyfed 444.4 84.6 2.6 222.2 Pembrokeshire 600.0 25.3 2.3 1,000.0 Gwent 360.7 46.4 4.5 500.0 Gwynedd 266.7 74.3 4.3 — Mid Glamorgan 500.0 49.0 3.8 428.6 Powys 615.4 13.5 7.6 — South Glamorgan 383.0 32.3 2.0 269.2 West Glamorgan 333.3 56.3 3.3 166.7 Wales 405.0 50.8 3.8 279.4 * Stillbirths and first week deaths per 1,000 total births. Source: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.