HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 cc682-3W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has on(a) the child mortality rates and (b) the average life expectancy for the inhabitants of (i) Manchester, (ii) Birmingham, (iii) Lambeth, (iv) Southwark, (v) Liverpool, (vi) Hackney, (vii) Leeds, (viii) Sheffield, (ix) Haringey, (x) Newham, (xi) Lewisham, (xii) Newcastle upon Tyne, (xiii) Salford, (xiv) South Tyneside, (xv) Coventry, (xvi) Hammersmith and Fulham, (xvii) Bristol and (xviii) Wakefield.

Mr. Sackville

The information on child mortality rates is shown in the table. The data requested on average life expectancy for the selected areas are not collected.

Child mortality rates1 in England, 1992
Location Sex Age group 0–14
Manchester Male 115.1
Female 88.5
Birmingham Male 94.5
Female 95.9
Location Sex Age group 0–14
Lambeth Male 93.1
Female 100.6
Southwark Male 112.3
Female 122.8
Hackney Male 102.3
Female 73.1
Haringey Male 119.4
Female 82.4
Newham Male 98.9
Female 69.4
Lewisham Male 85.1
Female 97.0
Hammersmith and Fulham Male 51.2
Female 85.0
Liverpool Male 79.0
Female 47.3
Leeds Male 69.2
Female 68.1
Sheffield Male 86.9
Female 60.5
Salford Male 82.0
Female 59.7
South Tyneside Male 44.1
Female 73.3
Coventry Male 121.1
Female 53.0
Bristol Male 88.8
Female 48.2
Wakefield Male 78.2
Female 52.3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Male 84.2
Female 64.6
1Rates per 100,000 population.