HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 cc542-3W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the perinatal mortality rate and (b) the neonatal mortality rate in each health board for 1985, 1990 and 1993.

Mr. Stewart

The information is given in the table.

Perinatal mortality for Scotland Per 1,000 total births live and still Neonatal mortality for Scotland Per 1,000 live births
Health board 1985 1990 1993 1985 1990 1993
Borders 5 4 5 2 5 —
Forth Valley 10 11 11 8 6 4
Dumfries and Galloway 10 5 9 3 4 4
Fife 10 7 9 5 3 4
Grampian 11 9 9 7 4 3
Highland 7 8 10 4 4 4
Lothian 11 8 9 7 5 3
Tayside 7 12 9 4 4 3
Orkney Islands 21 11 4 9 7 —
Shetland Islands 13 6 6 10 — 3
Western Isles 5 12 14 — 6 7
Strathclyde health areas
Argyll and Clyde 10 7 12 5 4 4
Ayrshire & Arran 9 8 8 7 4 4
Greater Glasgow 10 10 10 5 5 5
Lanarkshire 9 8 10 5 5 4