Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004
Table 2.6: Infant mortality, rates per 1,000 live births (2000-2002)
| 95% Confidence Interval | |||
| Local Authority | Rate | Lower Limit | Upper Limit |
| Stoke-on-Trent UA | 9.62 | 7.65 | 11.94 |
| Birmingham | 9.19 | 8.31 | 10.13 |
| Wolverhampton | 8.36 | 6.55 | 10.52 |
| Sandwell | 7.91 | 6.36 | 9.73 |
| Coventry | 7.36 | 5.84 | 9.16 |
| Stafford | 7.24 | 4.64 | 10.75 |
| Telford & Wrekin UA | 7.05 | 5.04 | 9.58 |
| Oswestry | 6.85 | 2.76 | 14.06 |
| Worcester | 6.79 | 4.35 | 10.08 |
| Malvern Hills | 6.65 | 3.44 | 11.58 |
| Lichfield | 6.29 | 3.60 | 10.19 |
| Redditch | 5.86 | 3.42 | 9.37 |
| South Shropshire | 5.77 | 2.12 | 12.53 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 5.64 | 3.40 | 8.80 |
| Tamworth | 5.50 | 3.08 | 9.06 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 5.49 | 3.45 | 8.30 |
| Walsall | 5.46 | 4.09 | 7.13 |
| South Staffordshire | 5.38 | 2.94 | 9.01 |
| Shrewsbury & Atcham | 5.36 | 3.07 | 8.69 |
| East Staffordshire | 5.19 | 3.13 | 8.09 |
| Solihull | 5.17 | 3.49 | 7.37 |
| Cannock Chase | 4.80 | 2.69 | 7.91 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 4.80 | 2.48 | 8.37 |
| Wychavon | 4.67 | 2.61 | 7.69 |
| Bridgnorth | 4.52 | 1.66 | 9.81 |
| Stratford on Avon | 4.22 | 2.31 | 7.08 |
| Warwick | 4.18 | 2.39 | 6.78 |
| Dudley | 4.09 | 2.95 | 5.53 |
| North Shropshire | 3.46 | 1.27 | 7.51 |
| Wyre Forest | 3.16 | 1.45 | 6.00 |
| Rugby | 3.08 | 1.41 | 5.84 |
| County of Herefordshire UA | 2.52 | 1.30 | 4.39 |
| Bromsgrove | 2.45 | 0.90 | 5.32 |
| North Warwickshire | * | * | * |
| West Midlands | 6.65 | 6.28 | 7.03 |
| England | 5.42 | 5.31 | 5.53 |
| SOURCE: ONS PHO annual death extracts, ONS PHO annual birth extracts | |||
| NOTES: | |||
| 1. Based on year of death not year of registration | |||
| 2. * Rate suppressed because number of deaths is <5 | |||
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