§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the most recent infant mortality rate in(a) England and Wales, (b) each region in England and (c) the United Kingdom; and what information he has on the comparable rates in (i) the countries of the EEC and (ii) the World Health Organisation European region.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information is shown in the table. In each case the latest available data year has been given. No data are readily available for the World Health Organisation European region as a whole; selected countries, other than those within the EC, are shown.
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Infant mortality in the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Regional Health Authorities, EC countries and selected countries from the World Health Organisation European Region. Area Year Rate1 United Kingdom 1989 8.4 England and Wales 1989 8.4 England 1989 8.4
Area Year Rate1 Regional Health Authorities Northern 1989 8.4 Yorkshire 1989 9.1 Trent 1989 8.1 East Anglian 1989 6.4 North West Thames 1989 8.2 North East Thames 1989 8.4 South East Thames 1989 8.4 South West Thames 1989 7.7 Wessex 1989 8.8 Oxford 1989 7.9 South Western 1989 7.3 West Midlands 1989 9.9 Mersey 1989 7.6 North Western 1989 9.1 Wales 1989 8.0 Other EC countries Belgium 1988 29.1 Denmark 1988 7.6 France 1988 7.8 German Federal Republic 1988 7.5 Greece 1988 11.0 Irish Republic 1988 29.2 Italy 1988 29.5 Luxembourg 1988 8.7 Netherlands 1988 6.8 Portugal 1988 13.1 Spain 1988 28.1 Others in World Health Organisation European Region Austria 1988 8.1 Bulgaria 1987 14.7 Czechoslovakia 1988 211.9 Finland 1987 6.1 German Democratic Republic 1988 8.1 Hungary 1988 15.8 Iceland 1988 6.2 Israel 1987 11.1 Malta 1988 9.2 Norway 1987 8.4 Poland 1988 16.2 Rumania 1984 23.4 Sweden 1987 6.1 Switzerland 1988 6.8 Yugoslavia 1987 25.1 1 Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births. 2 Provisional.