§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the infant mortality rates were in each of the last 10 years for(a) Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset health authority. [134314]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Jackie Ballard, dated 31 October 2000:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking for the infant mortality rates in each of the last 10 years for Taunton constituency and Somerset Health Authority. I am replying in his absence. (134314)338WThe figures are shown in the attached table. The rates (particularly those for Taunton constituency, which are calculated from fewer than 20 deaths) may be unreliable due to the small number of events and should be treated cautiously. Any variation they show over time, or difference from national or health authority rates are likely to be due to change.
Infant mortality numbers and rates for Somerset HA and Taunton parliamentary constituency, 1990–99 REGYR1 Number Rate2 Somerset HA 1990 34 6.1 1991 25 4.4 1992 28 5.0 1993 32 5.8 1994 32 5.9 1995 17 3.2 1996 22 4.2 1997 24 4.5 1998 25 4.7 1999 23 4.6 Taunton constituency 1990 4 3.4 1991 7 5.7 1992 5 4.3 1993 5 4.3 1994 6 5.3 1995 3 2.8 1996 3 2.7 1997 1 1.0 1998 3 2.8 1999 7 7.1 1Registration year 2Per 1,000 live births