Mortality Rates (London) (Hansard, 6 December 1990)

§ Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 12 November 1990]: The exact information requested is not available. The available information is shown in the tables.

Perinatal and infant mortality by social class (as defined by occupation) 1980
(Births within marriage only)
Perinatal deaths per 1000 total births.
Infant deaths per 1000 live births
Social Class	Perinatal deaths	Infant deaths
North West Thames Regional
Health Authority
All	10.4	10.4
I-V	10.4	10.2
I	8.7	7.0
II	9.1	9.5
III	11.3	10.6
IV	10.7	11.8
V	12.8	15.5
North East Thames Regional
Health Authority
All	13.1	11.1
I-V	13.0	10.7
I	10.5	8.3
II	13.4	10.7
III	12.2	9.2
IV	14.3	13.4
V	19.2	21.4
South East Thames Regional
Health Authority
All	12.0	11.5
I-V	11.9	11.2
I	4.6	5.4
II	10.9	10.0
III	12.2	11.1
IV	15.7	15.6
V	14.8	15.4
South West Thames Regional
Health Authority
All	10.5	10.4
I-V	10.1	10.0
I	7.1	7.3
II	9.5	9.8
III	10.5	9.4
IV	14.3	15.4
V	9.7	14.6

Deaths by social class (as defined by occupation) 1971
Rates per 1,000 population for males aged 15–64
		Social class
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Area	Total	I	II	IIIN	IIIM	IV	V
North West	5.3	3.9	4.8	5.4	5.7	7.4	9.1
North East	5.5	3.6	4.9	5.2	5.6	7.1	8.5
South East	5.7	4.0	5.4	5.7	5.7	7.9	8.9
South West	5.5	4.1	4.9	5.6	5.9	7.8	9.8

Deaths by social class (as defined by occupation) 1981
Rates per 1,000 population for males aged 16–64
		Social class
Regional Health Authority	Total	I	II	IIIN	IIIM	IV	V
North West Thames	4.5	3.0	3.7	4.2	5.1	6.1	8.3
North East Thames	4.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	5.3	6.5	8.7
South East Thames	4.8	3.2	4.2	4.5	5.1	6.4	8.2
South West Thames	4.2	3.0	3.8	4.4	4.7	6.0	7.1

Perinatal and infant deaths by social class (as defined by occupation) 1988 (births within marriage only)
Perinatal deaths by 1,000 total births
Infant deaths by 1,000 live births
Social class	Perinatal deaths rate per 1,000 total births	Infant deaths rate per 1,000 live births
North West Thames regional health authority
All	7.5	7.3
I-V	7.4	7.2
I	7.2	6.8
II	4.9	5.3
IIIN	8.3	7.3
IIIM	8.3	8.7
IV	10.8	9.3
V	¹11.8	¹5.4
North East Thames regional health authority
All	8.7	7.2
I-V	8.5	6.9
I	7.9	7.0
II	8.3	6.1
IIIN	7.4	6.4
IIIM	8.4	6.5
IV	10.5	8.8
V	¹9.6	¹11.0
South East Thames regional health authority
All	8.1	7.9
I-V	8.1	7.8
I	10.1	6.5
II	5.8	6.4
IIIN	8.4	7.7
IIIM	8.8	7.8
IV	10.5	11.2
V	¹8.7	¹12.4
South West Thames regional health authority
All	7.3	8.0
I-V	7.1	7.8
I	¹4.0	7.6
II	7.0	6.0
IIIN	6.7	6.7
IIIM	7.8	8.4
IV	10.5	12.2
V	¹8.4	¹14.5
¹ Indicates rates calculated from less than 20 deaths to warn the user that their reliability as a measure may be affected by the small number of events.