§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the maternal deaths registered in England and Wales in 1979 to 1984 were of women born in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) the Republic of Ireland, (c) the New Commonwealth, (d) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, (e) the West Indies, (f) Africa, (g) Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus, (h) New Commonwealth countries not included in (a) to (h) and (j) country unstated; and if he will subdivide these into (i) direct maternal deaths, (ii) indirect maternal deaths, (iii) fortuitous maternal deaths and (iv) late maternal deaths.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 27 October 1986]: The table shows the number of deaths registered in England and Wales from 1979 to 1984 by selected country of birthplace for (i) direct and (ii) indirect maternal deaths. From the statistics of death registrations, it is not possible to identify separately either fortuitous or late maternal deaths.
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Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 (ii) 1 3 2 — — — (d) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (i) 3 8 4 3 — 4 (ii) — 1 2 — — — (e) West Indies (Caribbean) (i) 3 3 3 — 1 1 (ii) 1 2 — — — — (f) Africa (i) 1 4 — 3 6 1 (ii) — — 1 — — — (g) Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus (i) 1 — — — — — (ii) — — — — — — (h) New Commonwealth not included in (a)-(h) (i) — — — — — — (ii) — — — — — — (j) Country unstated (i) — 1 — — — — (ii) — — — — — — Total all countries (i) 67 62 46 39 48 42 (ii) 7 8 11 3 6 10 (i) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th revision 630 to 676 excluding 647 and 648. (ii) ICD (9) 647 and 648. 1 As defined in 1981 Census Country of Birth volume.