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Mr. Alexander
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the amount of (a) perinatal mortality and (b) neonatal mortality in each regional health authority area for England in each of the years 1986 to 1989.
Mr. Dorrell
The information is shown in the tables.
Area
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
|
11989
| ||||
Number
| Rate
| Number
| Rate
| Number
| Rate
| Number
| Rate
| |
| Mersey | 161 | 4·9 | 153 | 4·7 | 146 | 4·4 | 137 | 4·2 |
| North Western | 314 | 5·7 | 282 | 5·0 | 301 | 5·2 | 291 | 5·1 |
Perinatal mortality: stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life. Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
Neonatal mortality: deaths in the first 28 days of life. Rate per 1,000 live births.
1 1989 figures provisional.