§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of babies were born with brain damage in North Staffordshire in each of the last five years; [12349]
(2) if he will publish figures on the incidence of babies born with brain damage in north Staffordshire in each of the last five years. [12765]
§ Mr. BoatengThe estimate, from the latest available data, of the percentage of babies born in North Staffordshire reported as having infantile brain damage is as follows:
Percentage 1989–90 0.3 1990–91 0.4 1991–92 0.6 1992–93 0.4 1993–94 0.1 1994–95 0.5 Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics.
Note:
Infantile brain damage is defined using the following International Classification of Diseases Codes Ninth Revision (ICD 9).
Infantile cerebral palsy: 343.0 to 9.
Birth trauma:
767.0 Subdural and cerebral haemorrhage.
779.0 Convulsions in newborn.
779.1 Other and unspecified cerebral irritability in newborn.
779.2 Cerebral depression, coma and other abnormal cerebral signs.