HC Deb 07 December 1989 vol 163 cc356-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of low birth weight babies born; and what it was as a proportion of all births for each Welsh health district for 1983–84 and the latest available year.

Mr. Grist

Information derived from all registered births to residents of health districts in Wales is shown in the table:

Health district residence Births under 2,500 grams
1Number 2Percentage Number 2Percentage
Clwyd 339 7.0 333 6.3
East Dyfed 142 5.8 162 5.9
Gwent 411 7.4 425 6.6
Gwynedd 171 6.2 197 6.5
Mid Glamorgan 535 7.1 520 6.6
Pembrokeshire 95 6.9 106 7.5
Powys 75 5.9 78 5.6
South Glamorgan 358 6.7 388 6.4
West Glamorgan 302 6.6 258 5.4
1 Estimated.
2 Percentage of all births.