§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the most recent maternal mortality rate in the United Kingdom; and what information he has on the comparable rates in(a) the countries of the EEC and (b) the World Health Organisation European region.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information is shown in the table. In each case the latest available data year have been given. No data are readily available for the WHO European region as a whole; selected countries, other than those within the EC, are shown.
Maternal mortality in the United Kingdom, EC countries and selected countries from the WHO European Region Area Year Rate1 United Kingdom 1989 7.7 Other EEC countries Belgium 1986 3.4 Denmark 1988 3.4 France 1988 9.3 German Federal Republic 1988 8.9 Greece 1987 4.7 Irish Republic 1987 3.4 Italy 1986 5.5 Luxembourg 1988 0.0 Netherlands 1988 9.6 Portugal 1988 6.6 Spain 1985 4.4 Others in WHO European Region Austria 1988 5.7 Bulgaria 1987 19.7 Czechoslovakia 1988 13.0 Finland 1987 5.0 German Democratic Republic 1988 14.8 Hungary 1988 16.9 Iceland 1988 0.0 Israel 1987 3.0 Malta 1988 0.0 Norway 1987 5.6 Poland 1988 11.6 Rumania 1984 148.8 Sweden 1987 4.8 Switzerland 1988 10.0 Yugoslavia 1987 10.6 1 Deaths attributed to complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium per 100,000 live births. Data, except for United Kingdom, from WHO European Regional Office 'Indicator Presentation System'.