§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount of(a) perinatal and (b) neonatal mortality in each district health authority and management division in Wales in each of the years 1986 to 1989.
§ Mr. GristThe information is given in the tables. Care should be taken in interpreting mortality rates derived from fewer than 20 events, and these are marked in the tables with2.
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a. Perinatal mortality1 1986 Number 1986 Rate 1987 Number 1987 Rate 1988 Number 1988 Rate 1989 Number 1989 Rate East District Hospitals 17 211.3 18 212.2 14 29.5 12 28.7 North and West District Hospitals 31 9.5 27 8.2 26 7.9 23 7.2 Source: O.P.C.S.
1 Perinatal deaths are stillbirths and deaths in the week after birth; rates are the number of perinatal deaths per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
2 Denotes a Rate calculated from fewer than 20 events.
b. Neonatal Mortality1 1986 Number 1986 Rate 1987 Number 1987 Rate 1988 Number 1988 Rate 1989 Number 1989 Rate Wales 207 5.6 190 5.0 183 4.7 180 4.7 DHA/Management Units Clwyd DHA 26 5.1 23 4.4 20 3.8 32 6.1 North Clwyd 9 24.3 9 24.2 7 23.1 6 22.8 South Clwyd 17 25.7 14 24.6 13 24.3 26 8.2 East Dyfed DHA 15 25.9 17 26.2 13 24.8 7 22.7 Ceredigion 3 24.5 5 26.9 5 26.9 2 22.8 Carmarthen-Dinefwr 4 25.3 6 27.2 2 22.4 2 22.5 Llanelli. Dinefwr 8 27.1 6 25.0 6 25.1 3 22.8 Pembrokeshire DHA 7 25.1 8 25.5 14 29.9 7 24.8 Gwent DHA 39 6.5 36 6.0 31 4.8 27 4.3 North Gwent Hospitals 9 26.1 8 25.4 8 25.2 6 23.8 Pontypool and West Gwent Hospitals 15 27.4 13 26.3 18 28.1 8 23.8 Newport and Chepstow Hospitals 15 26.0 15 26.0 5 21.9 13 25.0 Gwynedd DHA 20 7.1 17 26.0 17 25.6 12 24.0 Anglesey 8 19.1 8 28.8 5 25.3 4 24.2 Meirionnydd 1 22.9 4 210.1 4 210.8 3 27.7 Aberconwy 2 23.7 1 21.9 2 23.2 4 26.5 Arfon 6 28.0 4 25.7 3 23.8 1 21.3 Dwyfor 3 210.2 0 20.0 3 29.9 0 20.0 Mid Glamorgan DHA 35 4.7 27 3.5 28 3.6 42 5.5 Ogwr 6 23.4 8 24.5 8 24.2 10 25.5 Taff Ely 5 23.7 2 21.4 4 22.9 9 26.7 Rhondda 5 24.7 5 24.4 1 20.9 5 24.6 Merthyr-Cynon 10 25.8 8 24.5 10 25.6 11 26.0 Rhymney Valley 9 25.9 4 22.5 5 23.0 7 24.6 Powys DHA 2 21.6 7 25.3 8 25.8 4 22.9 Montgomery 2 23.6 3 24.9 5 27.3 3 24.6 Brecknock and Radnor 0 20.0 4 25.7 3 24.3 1 21.4 South Glamorgan DHA 39 6.7 29 5.0 27 4.5 30 5.1 West Glamorgan DHA 24 5.1 26 5.5 25 5.3 19 24.1 East District Hospitals 11 27.3 10 26.8 8 25.5 10 27.2 North and West District Hospitals 13 240 16 24.9 17 25.2 9 22.8 Source: O.P.C.S.
1 Neonatal deaths are deaths within the first 4 weeks of birth; rates are the number of neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births.
2 Denotes a rate calculated from fewer than 20 events.