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Mr. Carter-Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of stillbirths, live births, first week deaths, first year deaths and the perinatal and infant mortality rates for England and for each regional area health authority respectively, in 1978.
Dr. Vaughan
[pursuant to his reply, 25 May 1979, c. 322–4]: The final figures for 1978 for each regional health authority and the numbers and rates based on areas of usual residence, and similar information for separate area health authorities are as follows:
| STILLBIRTHS, LIVE BIRTHS, DEATHS UNDER ONE WEEK AND UNDER ONE YEAR, INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY RATES ENGLAND AND EACH REGIONAL AND AREA HEALTH AUTHOWTY—1978 | ||||||
| Stillbirths | Live births | Deaths under 1 week | Deaths under 1 year | Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births | Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births | |
| England | 4,797 | 562,630 | 3,974 | 7,360 | 13·1 | 15·5 |
| HEALTH AUTHORITY REGION AND AREA: | ||||||
| Northern | 381 | 38,265 | 297 | 530 | 13·9 | 17·5 |
| Cleveland | 81 | 8,069 | 65 | 115 | 14·3 | 17·9 |
| Cumbria | 51 | 5,316 | 42 | 72 | 13·5 | 17·3 |
| Durham | 69 | 7,285 | 64 | 106 | 14·6 | 18·1 |
| Northumberland | 38 | 3,586 | 28 | 58 | 16·2 | 18·2 |
| Gateshead | 25 | 2,620 | 12 | 26 | 9·9 | 14·0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 29 | 3,287 | 13 | 33 | 10·0 | 12·7 |
| North Tyneside | 29 | 2,231 | 19 | 32 | 14·3 | 21·2 |
| South Tyneside | 18 | 1,854 | 14 | 30 | 16·2 | 17·1 |
| Sunderland | 41 | 4,017 | 40 | 58 | 14·4 | 20·0 |
| Yorkshire | 382 | 43,632 | 336 | 596 | 13·7 | 16·3 |
| Bradford | 62 | 6,800 | 51 | 111 | 16·3 | 16·5 |
| Calderdale | 25 | 2,407 | 21 | 34 | 14·1 | 18·9 |
| Humberside | 89 | 10,223 | 78 | 140 | 13·7 | 16·2 |
| Kirklees | 38 | 4,992 | 38 | 67 | 13·4 | 15·1 |
| Leeds | 89 | 8,388 | 58 | 93 | 11·1 | 17·3 |
| North Yorkshire | 42 | 7,088 | 55 | 93 | 13·1 | 13·6 |
| Wakefield | 37 | 3,734 | 35 | 58 | 15·5 | 19·1 |
| Trent | 446 | 54,377 | 392 | 718 | 13·2 | 15·3 |
| Barnsley | 25 | 2,595 | 19 | 34 | 13·1 | 16·8 |
| Derbyshire | 86 | 10,437 | 71 | 145 | 13·9 | 14·9 |
| Doncaster | 23 | 3,698 | 28 | 55 | 14·9 | 13·7 |
| Leicestershire | 107 | 10,846 | 83 | 143 | 13·2 | 17·3 |
| Lincolnshire | 59 | 6,490 | 48 | 83 | 12·8 | 16·3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 79 | 11,534 | 91 | 165 | 14·3 | 14·6 |
| Rotherham | 23 | 3,202 | 18 | 35 | 10·9 | 12·7 |
| Sheffield | 44 | 5,575 | 34 | 58 | 10·4 | 13·9 |
| East Anglian | 169 | 22,073 | 128 | 238 | 10·8 | 13·4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 56 | 7,369 | 39 | 66 | 9·0 | 12·8 |
| Norfolk | 61 | 7,723 | 52 | 91 | 11·8 | 14·5 |
| Suffolk | 52 | 6,981 | 37 | 81 | 11·6 | 12·7 |
| Stillbirths | Live births | Deaths under 1 week | Deaths under 1 year | Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births | Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births | |
| North West Thames | 332 | 43,938 | 290 | 535 | 12·2 | 14·1 |
| Barnet | 27 | 3,494 | 31 | 56 | 16·0 | 16·5 |
| Bedfordshire | 64 | 7,396 | 35 | 67 | 9·1 | 13·3 |
| Brent and Harrow | 47 | 6,002 | 40 | 72 | 12·0 | 14·4 |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | 67 | 8,884 | 50 | 108 | 12·2 | 13·1 |
| Hertfordshire | 80 | 11,499 | 85 | 141 | 12·3 | 14·2 |
| Hillingdon | 18 | 2,832 | 19 | 37 | 13·1 | 13·0 |
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | 29 | 3,831 | 30 | 54 | 14·1 | 15·3 |
| North East Thames | 381 | 46,607 | 326 | 625 | 13·4 | 15·0 |
| Barking and Havering | 41 | 4,469 | 33 | 59 | 13·2 | 16·4 |
| Camden and Islington | 18 | 3,900 | 32 | 65 | 16·7 | 12·8 |
| City and East London | 99 | 8,491 | 55 | 121 | 14·3 | 17·9 |
| Enfield and Haringey | 37 | 6,113 | 52 | 90 | 14·7 | 14·5 |
| Essex | 131 | 17,959 | 114 | 209 | 11·6 | 13·5 |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 55 | 5,675 | 40 | 81 | 14·3 | 16·6 |
| South East Thames | 353 | 41,958 | 285 | 557 | 13·3 | 15·1 |
| Bromley | 36 | 3,220 | 26 | 32 | 9·9 | 19·0 |
| East Sussex | 41 | 6,133 | 46 | 91 | 14·8 | 14·1 |
| Greenwich and Bexley | 53 | 5,476 | 34 | 76 | 13·9 | 15·7 |
| Kent | 148 | 17,912 | 104 | 222 | 12·4 | 14·0 |
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | 75 | 9,217 | 75 | 136 | 14·8 | 16·1 |
| South West Thames | 235 | 32,588 | 208 | 420 | 12·9 | 13·5 |
| Croydon | 36 | 4,187 | 31 | 69 | 16·5 | 15·9 |
| Kingston and Richmond | 9 | 3,348 | 22 | 42 | 12·5 | 9·2 |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | 55 | 7,427 | 55 | 117 | 15·8 | 14·7 |
| Surrey | 70 | 10,791 | 58 | 115 | 10·7 | 11·8 |
| West Sussex | 65 | 6,835 | 42 | 77 | 11·3 | 15·5 |
| Wessex | 214 | 30,875 | 197 | 380 | 12·3 | 13·2 |
| Dorset | 35 | 5,670 | 34 | 67 | 11·8 | 12·1 |
| Hampshire | 126 | 17,781 | 110 | 214 | 12·0 | 13·2 |
| Isle of Wight | 9 | 1,187 | 13 | 19 | 16·0 | 18·4 |
| Wiltshire | 44 | 6,237 | 40 | 80 | 12·8 | 13·4 |
| Oxford | 197 | 29,563 | 203 | 362 | 12·2 | 13·4 |
| Berkshire | 56 | 8,845 | 74 | 127 | 14·4 | 14·6 |
| Buckinghamshire | 53 | 7,524 | 56 | 92 | 12·2 | 14·4 |
| Northamptonshire | 58 | 6,916 | 46 | 83 | 12·0 | 14·9 |
| Oxfordshire | 30 | 6,278 | 27 | 60 | 9·6 | 9·0 |
| Stillbirths | Live births | Deaths under 1 week | Deaths under 1 year | Infant mortality: deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births | Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births | |
| South Western | 319 | 35,531 | 224 | 441 | 12·4 | 15·1 |
| Avon | 98 | 10,652 | 69 | 139 | 13·0 | 15·5 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 45 | 4,667 | 26 | 47 | 10·1 | 15·1 |
| Devon. | 96 | 9,918 | 59 | 131 | 13·2 | 15·5 |
| Gloucestershire | 42 | 5,700 | 32 | 62 | 10·9 | 12·9 |
| Somerset | 38 | 4,594 | 38 | 62 | 13·5 | 16·4 |
| West Midlands | 641 | 63,814 | 471 | 871 | 13·6 | 17·3 |
| Birmingham | 150 | 13,754 | 126 | 224 | 16·3 | 19·9 |
| Coventry | 37 | 3,969 | 27 | 52 | 13·1 | 16·0 |
| Dudley | 56 | 3,630 | 33 | 52 | 14·3 | 24·1 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 48 | 7,476 | 41 | 82 | 11·0 | 11·8 |
| Salop | 46 | 4,602 | 35 | 62 | 13·5 | 17·4 |
| Sandwell | 48 | 3,689 | 27 | 58 | 15·7 | 20·1 |
| Solihull | 17 | 2,270 | 13 | 25 | 11·0 | 13·1 |
| Staffordshire | 119 | 12,369 | 75 | 156 | 12·6 | 15·5 |
| Walsall | 33 | 3,250 | 22 | 43 | 13·2 | 16·8 |
| Warwickshire | 41 | 5,491 | 51 | 79 | 14·4 | 16·6 |
| Wolverhampton | 46 | 3,314 | 21 | 38 | 11·5 | 19·9 |
| Mersey | 273 | 29,931 | 186 | 363 | 12·1 | 15·2 |
| Cheshire | 113 | 10,950 | 75 | 141 | 12·9 | 17·0 |
| Liverpool | 60 | 6,309 | 36 | 76 | 12·0 | 15·1 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 47 | 5,076 | 34 | 63 | 12·4 | 15·8 |
| Sefton | 18 | 3,368 | 21 | 35 | 10·4 | 11·5 |
| Wirral | 35 | 4,228 | 20 | 48 | 11·4 | 12·9 |
| North Western | 474 | 49,478 | 431 | 724 | 14·6 | 18·1 |
| Bolton | 30 | 3,472 | 38 | 56 | 16·1 | 19·4 |
| Bury | 15 | 2,281 | 16 | 30 | 13·2 | 13·5 |
| Lancashire | 153 | 16,180 | 137 | 243 | 15·0 | 17·8 |
| Manchester | 54 | 5,771 | 44 | 89 | 15·4 | 16·8 |
| Oldham | 34 | 2,988 | 30 | 49 | 16·4 | 21·2 |
| Rochdale | 28 | 2,954 | 32 | 41 | 13·9 | 20·1 |
| Salford | 28 | 2,922 | 22 | 47 | 16·1 | 16·9 |
| Stockport | 33 | 3,500 | 33 | 52 | 14·9 | 18·7 |
| Tameside | 24 | 2,637 | 27 | 45 | 17·1 | 19·2 |
| Trafford | 24 | 2,723 | 18 | 25 | 8·4 | 15·3 |
| Wigan | 51 | 4,050 | 34 | 49 | 12·1 | 20·7 |
| Numbers and rates are based on areas of usual residence. | ||||||