Perinatal Mortality (Hansard, 25 July 1988)

HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c143W 143W

§ Mr. Fearn
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the perinatal mortality rate for each year since 1968 by region.

Perinatal mortality rates by hospital regions in England and Wales 1968–1973

Year

Hospital region 1978 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

England and Wales 25 23 23 22 22 21

Newcastle 25 25 24 23 23 22

Leeds 26 25 25 22 24 23

Sheffield 25 24 24 23 23 21

East Anglian 21 20 21 20 19 17

North West Metropolitan 24 21 22 20 19 19

North East Metropolitan 24 22 22 22 21 20

South East Metropolitan 23 21 21 20 19 20

South West Metropolitan 23 21 22 20 20 19

Wessex 23 21 21 21 19 21

Oxford 21 19 20 20 18 17

South Western 22 21 21 20 20 19

Welsh 28 27 25 24 22 21

Birmingham 25 24 26 24 24 24

Manchester 28 27 27 25 25 23

Liverpool 28 27 27 26 24 25

Perinatal mortality rates¹ by Regional Health Authorities in England and Wales 1974–1987

Regional Health Authority 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 ²1987

England and Wales 20.4 19.3 17.7 17.0 15.5 14.7 13.3 11.8 11.3 10.4 10.1 9.8 9.6 8.9

England 20.3 19.3 17.6 16.9 15.4 14.6 13.4 11.7 11.2 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.5 8.9

Northern 22.5 19.9 19.1 19.1 17.6 16.4 15.0 13.2 11.8 10.8 11.0 9.8 10.1 8.5

Yorkshire 22.2 21.6 18.4 18.1 16.3 16.6 14.9 13.9 12.5 11.8 11.6 10.6 10.3 9.5

Trent 21.0 18.6 19.2 16.7 15.3 14.6 13.0 11.2 11.2 10.7 9.8 9.5 10.2 9.3

East Anglian 16.6 15.8 13.9 13.0 13.3 13.0 11.3 10.2 10.4 9.3 8.9 9.8 7.7 7.9

North West Thames 17.5 18.4 16.9 14.8 14.1 13.2 11.0 10.7 9.7 8.6 9.0 9.1 8.6 8.6

North East Thames 19.2 18.0 16.6 16.1 15.1 13.5 13.8 11.0 11.6 9.9 9.7 9.3 9.6 9.4

South East Thames 19.5 19.2 17.4 16.8 15.0 14.1 12.9 12.0 10.0 10.2 10.5 9.5 8.5 8.5

South West Thames 18.1 18.0 14.8 14.6 13.5 13.3 10.8 10.9 10.6 9.4 8.6 9.3 8.2 7.5

Wessex 17.8 17.1 15.1 15.5 13.2 12.8 11.7 9.7 10.0 9.4 8.6 9.2 8.8 8.9

Oxford 15.7 15.6 13.8 15.0 13.4 11.6 12.6 9.4 9.9 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.9 8.0

South Western 19.0 16.9 16.1 16.2 15.1 13.3 12.6 11.5 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.5 7.5

West Midlands 22.5 21.8 21.1 19.4 17.2 16.8 15.1 12.9 13.8 12.3 12.3 11.7 11.0 9.9

Mersey 23.6 22.1 19.5 18.8 15.2 15.6 13.7 12.4 10.9 9.3 9.0 10.2 9.2 9.0

North Western 23.1 21.9 18.7 18.5 18.1 15.9 15.3 12.5 12.5 11.3 10.3 9.9 10.4 9.6

Wales 21.2 19.7 19.0 17.9 16.8 15.6 12.8 14.1 11.1 11.3 10.5 10.2 10.3 9.2

Note: Perinatal mortality = stillbirths + deaths 0–6 days.
¹ Rate per 1,000 total births.
² Provisional.