Infant and Perinatal Mortality (Hansard, 8 June 1993)

HC Deb 08 June 1993 vol 226 cc234-5W 234W

§ 20. Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest information about the rates of infant and perinatal mortality in the South East Thames region.

§ Mr. Sackville
The infant and perinatal mortality rates for the South East Thames regional health authority for 1992¹ are given in the table. 235W

South East Thames RHA Nationally

Infant mortality rate 1,000 live births 6.4 6.6

Perinatal mortality per 1,000 total births 8.2 7.6

¹ Details supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

	South East Thames RHA	Nationally
Infant mortality rate 1,000 live births	6.4	6.6
Perinatal mortality per 1,000 total births	8.2	7.6
¹ Details supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys