HC Deb 09 February 1987 vol 110 cc68-75W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number and rate per 1,000 live births of post neo-natal deaths by month of occurrence (a) from sudden infant death syndrome, (b) respiratory diseases,

Postneonatal deaths, Scotland, 1981
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0) Respiratory diseases (ICD1 460 to 519 769 to 770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740 to 759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001 to 999) Total
Borders 6 1 — — 7
Central — 8 6 5 19
Dumfries and Galloway 3 1 1 1 6
Fife 10 3 1 4 18
Grampian 21 2 3 6 32
Highland 5 1 3 4 13
Lothian 30 1 7 7 45
Tayside 4 — 7 6 17
Orkney 1 — — 1 2
Shetland 1 — — — 1
Western Isles 1 — — — 1
Argyll and Clyde 12 5 3 5 25
Ayrshire and Arran 4 1 4 2 11
Greater Glasgow 39 4 11 12 66
Lanarkshire 10 6 9 18 43
TOTAL SCOTLAND 147 33 55 71 306

Postneonatal deaths, Scotland, 1982
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0) Respiratory diseases (ICD1 460 to 519 769 to 770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740 to 759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001 to 999) Total
Borders 2 — — 1 3
Central 2 4 1 4 11
Dumfries and Galloway 7 1 3 3 14
Fife 11 1 2 6 20
Grampian 12 — 2 5 19
Highland 7 — 2 — 9
Lothian 29 — 8 4 41
Tayside 4 6 3 7 20
Orkney 1 — 1 — 2
Shetland 1 — — 1 2
Western Isles — — — — —
Argyll and Clyde 11 4 4 6 25
Ayrshire and Arran 7 — 6 2 15
Greater Glasgow 32 5 11 16 64
Lanarkshire 6 7 11 12 36
TOTAL SCOTLAND 131 29 54 67 281

Postneonatal deaths, Scotland 1983
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0) Respiratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 7 — — 1 8
Central — 4 2 3 9
Dumfries and Galloway 2 1 3 4 10
Fife 11 — 4 4 19
Grampian 13 1 5 5 24
Highland 8 — 3 1 12
Lothian 22 5 6 7 40
Tayside 1 5 2 3 11
Orkney — — — — —
Shetland — — 3 1 4
Western Isles — — — 1 1
Argyll and Clyde 15 4 5 9 33
Ayrshire and Arran 8 4 1 5 18

(c) congenital abnormality, (d) others and (e) total for Scotland (i) nationally and (ii) by health board for each month 1981 to the most recent available date.

Mr. John MacKay

[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1987]: Following are the figures readily available. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House.

Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0) Respiratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Greater Glasgow 24 4 19 8 55
Lanarkshire 6 6 5 6 23
TOTAL SCOTLAND 117 34 58 58 267

Postneonatal deaths, Scotland 1984
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0) Respiratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 3 — — — 3
Central 7 4 2 5 18
Dumfries and Galloway 5 — 3 1 9
Fife 10 3 2 4 19
Grampian 26 1 3 6 36
Highland 8 1 — 1 10
Lothian 14 1 5 3 23
Tayside 3 6 1 5 15
Orkney 1 — — — 1
Shetland — — — 1 1
Western Isles 1 — — — 1
Argyll and Clyde 9 4 4 4 21
Ayrshire and Arran 6 1 2 4 13
Greater Glasgow 15 8 17 11 51
Lanarkshire 11 7 7 10 35
TOTAL SCOTLAND 119 36 46 55 256

Poslneonatal deaths, Scotland, 1985
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 3 — — 2 5
Central 1 1 7 4 13
Dumfries and Galloway 4 1 3 1 9
Fife 9 1 2 5 17
Grampian 13 — 4 6 23
Highland 11 — 3 2 16
Lothian 21 1 9 4 35
Tayside 5 2 1 4 12
Orkney 2 — — — 2
Shetland 1 — 1 — 2
Western Isles — — — — —
Argyll and Clyde 14 1 1 4 20
Ayrshire and Arran 11 2 1 4 18
Greater Glasgow 29 4 9 18 60
Lanarkshire 9 4 4 11 28
TOTAL SCOTLAND 133 17 45 65 260

Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, Scotland, 1981
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 5.1 0.9 — — 6.0
Central — 2.3 1.7 1.4 5.4
Dumfries and Galloway 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.3
Fife 2.1 0.6 0.2 0.8 3.8
Grampian 3.3 0.3 0.5 0.9 50
Highland 1.7 0.3 1.0 1.4 4.5
Lothian 3.3 0.1 0.8 0.8 4.9
Tayside 0.8 — 1.4 1.2 3.4
Orkney 4.0 — — 4.0 7.9
Shetland 3.0 — — — 3.0
Western Isles 2.5 — — — 2.5
Argyll and Clyde 1.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 4.0
Ayrshire and Arran 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.4 2.1

Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Greater Glasgow 2.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 4.9
Lanarkshire 1.2 0.7 1.1 2.1 5.0
TOTAL SCOTLAND 2.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 4.4

Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, Scotland 1982
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 1.9 — — 0.9 2.8
Central 0.6 1.2 0.3 1.2 3.2
Dumfries and Galloway 4.1 0.6 1.7 1.7 8.2
Fife 2.4 0.2 0.4 1.3 4.4
Grampian 1.9 — 0.3 0.8 2.9
Highland 2.7 — 0.8 — 3.4
Lothian 3.2 — 0.9 0.4 4.5
Tayside 0.8 1.3 0.6 1.5 4.2
Orkney 4.3 — 4.3 — 8.5
Shetland — 2.9 — 2.9 5.8
Western Isles — — — — —
Argyll and Clyde 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 4.1
Ayrshire and Arran 1.4 — 1.2 0.4 3.1
Greater Glasgow 2.5 0.4 0.9 1.2 5.0
Lanarkshire 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.5 4.5
TOTAL SCOTLAND 2.0 0.4 0.8 1.0 4.2

Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, Scotland 1983
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 6.3 — — 0.9 7.2
Central — 1.2 0.6 0.9 2.7
Dumfries and Galloway 1.2 0.6 1.8 2.4 6.0
Fife 2.5 — 0.9 0.9 4.3
Grampian 2.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 3.7
Highland 3.1 — 1.2 0.4 4.6
Lothian 2.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 4.6
Tayside 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.6 2.3
Orkney — — — — —
Shetland — — 9.5 3.2 12.7
Western Isles — — — 2.8 2.8
Argyll and Clyde 2.5 0.7 0.8 1.5 5.6
Ayrshire and Arran 1.7 0.8 0.2 1.0 3.7
Greater Glasgow 1.9 0.3 1.5 0.6 4.4
Lanarkshire 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 30
TOTAL SCOTLAND 1.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 4.1

Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, Scotland 1984
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 2.8 — — — 2.8
Central 2.1 1.2 0.6 1.5 5.5
Dumfries and Galloway 2.8 — 1.7 0.6 5.1
Fife 2.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 4.3
Grampian 4.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 5.7
Highland 3.0 0.4 — 0.4 3.8
Lothian 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.3 2.5
Tayside 0.6 1.2 0.2 1.0 3.1
Orkney 4.2 — — — 4.2
Shetland — — — 3.2 3.2
Western Isles 2.9 — — — 2.9
Argyll and Clyde 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.6
Ayrshire and Arran 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.7
Greater Glasgow 1.2 0.6 1.3 0.9 40
Lanarkshire 1.4 0.9 0.9 1.3 4.6
TOTAL SCOTLAND 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 3.9

Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, Scotland 1985
Health board area Sudden infant death syndrome (ICD1 798.0 Rcspratory diseases (ICD1 460–519 769–770) Congenital abnormality (ICD1 740–759) Other (Remainder ICD1 001–999) Total
Borders 26 — — 1.7 4.3
Central 0.3 0.3 20 1.2 3.8
Dumfries and Galloway 2.3 0.6 1.7 0.6 5.1
Fife 2.0 0.2 0.4 1.1 3.7
Grampian 2.0 — 0.6 0.9 3.5
Highland 4.2 — 1.2 0.8 6.1
Lothian 2.2 0.1 1.0 0.4 3.7
Tayside 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.8 2.5
Orkney 8.6 — — — 8.6
Shetland 3.3 — 3.3 — 6.5
Western Isles — — — — —
Argyll and Clyde 2.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 3.3
Ayrshire and Arran 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.8 3.7
Greater Glasgow 2.2 0.3 0.7 1.4 4.6
Lanarkshire 1.2 0.5 0.5 1.4 3.7
TOTAL SCOTLAND 2.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.9
1 International Classification of Diseases.