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Mr. Burns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of places in homes for mentally handicapped people in 1979 and for the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
Mr. Dorrell
The information is given in the table.
Mr. Dorrell
The information is given in the table.
| Perinatal mortality number and rate (per 1,000 total births) by Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) in England, 1979 and 19891 | ||||
| Year | ||||
| Area | 1979 | 19891 | ||
| Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
| England and Wales | 9,432 | 14·7 | 5,751 | 8·3 |
| England | 8,839 | 14·6 | 5,424 | 8·3 |
| RHA | ||||
| Northern | 687 | 16·4 | 362 | 9·2 |
Year
| ||||
Area
| 1979
| 1989 1
| ||
Number
| Rate
| Number
| Rate
| |
| Yorkshire | 775 | 16·6 | 423 | 8·5 |
| Trent | 856 | 14·6 | 524 | 8·5 |
| East Anglian | 311 | 13·0 | 174 | 6·7 |
| North West Thames | 624 | 13·2 | 414 | 8·3 |
| North East Thames | 675 | 13·5 | 468 | 8·3 |
| South East Thames | 629 | 14·1 | 433 | 8·4 |
| South West Thames | 467 | 13·3 | 274 | 7·0 |
| Wessex | 425 | 12·8 | 317 | 8·3 |
| Oxford | 371 | 11·6 | 258 | 7·2 |
| South Western | 505 | 13·3 | 273 | 6·7 |
| West Midlands | 1,155 | 16·8 | 712 | 9·7 |
| Mersey | 506 | 15·6 | 270 | 8·2 |
| North Western | 853 | 15·9 | 522 | 9·2 |
1 Provisional. | ||||
Perinatal mortality: stillbirths, and deaths in the first week of life, rates per 1,000 live and still births.