To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount of (a) perinatal and (b) neonatal mortality in each district health authority and management division in Wales in each of the years 1986 to 1989.
The information is given in the tables. Care should be taken in interpreting mortality rates derived from fewer than 20 events, and these are marked in the tables with 2.
a. Perinatal mortality1
| 1986 Number
| 1986 Rate
| 1987 Number
| 1987 Rate
| 1988 Number
| 1988 Rate
| 1989 Number
| 1989 Rate
|
East District Hospitals | 17 | 211·3 | 18 | 212·2 | 14 | 29·5 | 12 | 28·7 |
North and West District Hospitals | 31 | 9·5 | 27 | 8·2 | 26 | 7·9 | 23 | 7·2 |
Source: O.P.C.S.
1 Perinatal deaths are stillbirths and deaths in the week after birth; rates are the number of perinatal deaths per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
2 Denotes a Rate calculated from fewer than 20 events.
b. Neonatal Mortality1
| 1986 Number
| 1986 Rate
| 1987 Number
| 1987 Rate
| 1988 Number
| 1988 Rate
| 1989 Number
| 1989 Rate
|
Wales | 207 | 5·6 | 190 | 5·0 | 183 | 4·7 | 180 | 4·7 |
DHA/Management Units Clwyd DHA | 26 | 5·1 | 23 | 4·4 | 20 | 3·8 | 32 | 6·1 |
North Clwyd | 9 | 24·3 | 9 | 24·2 | 7 | 23·1 | 6 | 22·8 |
South Clwyd | 17 | 25·7 | 14 | 24·6 | 13 | 24·3 | 26 | 8·2 |
East Dyfed DHA | 15 | 25·9 | 17 | 26·2 | 13 | 24·8 | 7 | 22·7 |
Ceredigion | 3 | 24·5 | 5 | 26·9 | 5 | 26·9 | 2 | 22·8 |
Carmarthen-Dinefwr | 4 | 25·3 | 6 | 27·2 | 2 | 22·4 | 2 | 22·5 |
Llanelli· Dinefwr | 8 | 27·1 | 6 | 25·0 | 6 | 25·1 | 3 | 22·8 |
Pembrokeshire DHA | 7 | 25·1 | 8 | 25·5 | 14 | 29·9 | 7 | 24·8 |
Gwent DHA | 39 | 6·5 | 36 | 6·0 | 31 | 4·8 | 27 | 4·3 |
North Gwent Hospitals | 9 | 26·1 | 8 | 25·4 | 8 | 25·2 | 6 | 23·8 |
Pontypool and West Gwent Hospitals | 15 | 27·4 | 13 | 26·3 | 18 | 28·1 | 8 | 23·8 |
Newport and Chepstow Hospitals | 15 | 26·0 | 15 | 26·0 | 5 | 21·9 | 13 | 25·0 |
Gwynedd DHA | 20 | 7·1 | 17 | 26·0 | 17 | 25·6 | 12 | 24·0 |
Anglesey | 8 | 19·1 | 8 | 28·8 | 5 | 25·3 | 4 | 24·2 |
Meirionnydd | 1 | 22·9 | 4 | 210·1 | 4 | 210·8 | 3 | 27·7 |
Aberconwy | 2 | 23·7 | 1 | 21·9 | 2 | 23·2 | 4 | 26·5 |
Arfon | 6 | 28·0 | 4 | 25·7 | 3 | 23·8 | 1 | 21·3 |
Dwyfor | 3 | 210·2 | 0 | 20·0 | 3 | 29·9 | 0 | 20·0 |
Mid Glamorgan DHA | 35 | 4·7 | 27 | 3·5 | 28 | 3·6 | 42 | 5·5 |
Ogwr | 6 | 23·4 | 8 | 24·5 | 8 | 24·2 | 10 | 25·5 |
Taff Ely | 5 | 23·7 | 2 | 21·4 | 4 | 22·9 | 9 | 26·7 |
Rhondda | 5 | 24·7 | 5 | 24·4 | 1 | 20·9 | 5 | 24·6 |
Merthyr-Cynon | 10 | 25·8 | 8 | 24·5 | 10 | 25·6 | 11 | 26·0 |
Rhymney Valley | 9 | 25·9 | 4 | 22·5 | 5 | 23·0 | 7 | 24·6 |
Powys DHA | 2 | 21·6 | 7 | 25·3 | 8 | 25·8 | 4 | 22·9 |
Montgomery | 2 | 23·6 | 3 | 24·9 | 5 | 27·3 | 3 | 24·6 |
Brecknock and Radnor | 0 | 20·0 | 4 | 25·7 | 3 | 24·3 | 1 | 21·4 |
South Glamorgan DHA | 39 | 6·7 | 29 | 5·0 | 27 | 4·5 | 30 | 5·1 |
West Glamorgan DHA | 24 | 5·1 | 26 | 5·5 | 25 | 5·3 | 19 | 24·1 |
East District Hospitals | 11 | 27·3 | 10 | 26·8 | 8 | 25·5 | 10 | 27·2 |
North and West District Hospitals | 13 | 240 | 16 | 24·9 | 17 | 25·2 | 9 | 22·8 |
Source: O.P.C.S.
1 Neonatal deaths are deaths within the first 4 weeks of birth; rates are the number of neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births.
2 Denotes a rate calculated from fewer than 20 events.