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Sir Peter Lloyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the rate of infant mortality as a percentage of live births for each of the years (a) 1975, (b) 1979, (c) 1983, (d) 1987, (e) 1991 and the latest 12 months for which statistics are available. [34726]
Mr. Bowis
The information is shown in the table.
| Infant mortality rate as a percentage of live births ' for the years 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1994, England and Wales. | |
| Year | Percentage of live births |
| 1975 | 1.57 |
| 1979 | 1.28 |
| 1983 | 1.01 |
| 1987 | 0.92 |
| 1991 | 0.74 |
| 1994 | 0.62 |