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Mrs. Hart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women died from causes associated with pregnancy and childbirth, excluding legal abortion, in
| DEATHS (A) CLASSIFIED TO, OR (B) ASSOCIATED WITH, PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH (EXCLUDING LEGAL ABORTION) | |||||||||||
| Lanark County and Rest of Scotland, 1964–73 | |||||||||||
| Cause of Death | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973* | |
| Lanark County† | |||||||||||
| (A) Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | … | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (B) Infective and Parasitic Diseases ‡ | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Malignant and other Neoplasms | … | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Other General Diseases | … | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic Disease | … | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Hypertension and Heart Disease | … | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Disease of Digestive System | … | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accident other than Motor Vehicle | … | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other causes | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Rest of Scotland | |||||||||||
| (A) Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth | … | 20 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| (B) Infective and Parasitic Diseases‡ | … | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Malignant and other Neoplasms | … | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Other General Diseases | … | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rheumatic Disease. | … | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Hypertension and Heart Disease | … | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Influenza, Pneumonia and Bronchitis | … | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Disease of Digestive System | … | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | … | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Other Accidents. | … | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Suicide | … | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Other causes | … | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| * Provisional. | |||||||||||
| † Lanark County including all burghs but excluding Glasgow City. | |||||||||||
| ‡ Cause distribution in Section (B) not available for 1964. | |||||||||||