HC Deb 09 July 1990 vol 176 c68W
Dame Jill Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the level of infant mortality rates in 1979; and what they are today.

Mr. Dorrell

The information is shown in the table:

Infant mortality rates1 England and Wales 1979, 1989
Year Rate1
1979 12.8
1989 8.4
1 Rate per 1,000 live births.