§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the current life expectancies by social class; and what were the corresponding figures in 1957 and 1967.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation on life expectancies at birth by social class is not available. Standardised
Infant and perinatal death rates of children whose parents were married to each other, Scotland, 1965 and 1985 Social Class I II III NM III M IV V Infant deaths (per 1,000 live births) 1965 10.5 18.3 22.01 26.4 33.9 1985 7.5 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.2 11.3 Perinatal deaths (per 1,000 births live and still) 1965 15.1 23.1 31.31 35.6 3,7.4 1985 6.7 9.4 9.4 8.6 10.7 9.6 1 Manual/non-manual split not available.