HC Deb 02 December 1993 vol 233 c701W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the infant mortality and perinatal mortality rate in each EC country in the latest available year.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Infant and perinatal mortality rate in each European Community country for 1991
Infant mortality rate1 Perinatal mortality rate2
Belgium 37.0 n/a
Denmark 7.3 n/a
Germany 6.9 5.8
Greece 9.0 11.1
Spain 37.8 n/a
France 7.3 8.2
Ireland 38.2 39.9
Italy 38.2 310.5
Luxembourg 9.2 9.6
Netherlands 6.5 9.1
Portugal 10.8 13.6
United Kingdom 7.4 8.1
1 Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 livebirths.
2 Deaths under 1 week and stillbirths per 1,000 live and stillbirths.
3 Provisional.
n/a—Not available.

Source: Eurostat Demographic Statistics 1993.