asked the Minister for Health the number of children under one year of age who have died in each of the past five years; whether statistics exist as to the cause of death in such cases; whether the percentage distribution of births of such children by size and location of maternity unit is known; and, if so, if he will make such figures available.
Written Answers . - Child Death Statistics .
363.
: The number of children under one year of age who have died in each of the last five years is as follows:
|
Year |
1979 |
1978 |
1977 |
1976 |
1975 |
|
No. |
898 |
1,040 |
1,073 |
1,052 |
1,176 |
Statistics on the causes of death are available and are published regularly in the Quarterly Reports on Births, Deaths and Marriages. The latest report to have been published is that for the September quarter, 1979. More detailed statistics are published in the Annual Reports on Vital Statistics. The latest year for which this report is available is 1976.
The distribution of births of these infants by size and location of maternity unit is not known.