§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is (a) the perinatal mortality rate; and (b) the percentage of home confinements, for each Member State of the European Union.
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Lord Monkswell from the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. Tim Holt, dated 13 November 1997.
I have been asked to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on perinatal mortality rates for each Member State of the European Union.
49WAThe information you requested is shown in the following table.
Perinatal mortality rates of countries of the European Union, per 1,000 lire and stillbirths Perinatal Mortality Rate Latest available year Austria 6.8 1995 Belgium 8.4 1992 Denmark 7.4 1993 Finland 5.4 1994 France 7.0 1994 Germany 6.8 1995 Greece 10.4 1995 Italy 8.8 1993 Ireland 10.3 1995 Luxembourg 7.0 1995 Netherlands 8.8 1995 Portugal 9.3 1994 Spain 6.5 1994 Sweden 5.4 1994 United Kingdom 8.7 1996 Source:
Eurostat Demographic Statistic's 1997.
Office for National Statistics-Population Trends No. 89.
Information for the percentage of home confinements in each member state of the European Union is not collected on a central basis.