[Report 1977] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.

  • Jersey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1977
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Credit: [Report 1977] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rate for the last three years is 10.8 compared with the rate of 9.6 for England in 1976. However, in view of the small numbers of Jersey stillbirths the variation is not statistically significant and the peri-natal mortality rate, a combination of the stillbirth and early neo-natal mortality rates, gives a truer picture of the hazards of pregnancy and childbirth for the infant. Congenital Malformations In 1977, 35 babies (31 live and 4 stillborn) were reported as having congenital malformations, a rate of 36.2 per 1,000 live births or 40.5 per 1,000 total births. The rate in Jersey has nearly doubled in the last three years compared with a slight increase in England; the latest English figure available is for 1976 when the rate was 21.2 per 1,000 total births. The increase in the number of reported congenital malformations in Jersey indicates a situation which must be kept under careful observation. Many of the malformations were of a minor character. TABLE I - 4 Trends in incidence of notified congenital malformations among live and still born babies with comparison Jersey - England, 1971-1977. Year Live bom babies with malformations Number of stillborn babies with malformations All babies with malformations Number Rate per 1,000 live births Number Rate per 1,000 total births Jersey England Jersey England Jersey England Jersey England Jersey England 1971 14 12,007 14.2 16.2 1 1,704 15 13,711 15.1 18.3 1972 12 12,179 13.9 17.8 — 1,506 12 13,686 13.7 19.7 1973 16 11,400 18.9 17.7 1 1,324 17 12,726 19.8 19.7 1974 13 9,967 15.9 16.3 2 2,145 15 12,143 18.0 19.9 1975 16 10,556 19.3 18.4 3 1,140 19 11,740 22.6 20.4 1976 24 10,812 30.5 19.5 1 957 25 11,803 31.5 21.2 1977 31 * 36.2 * 4 * 35 * 40.5 * TABLE I - 5 Live births and live birth rates 1962-1977. Year Total live births Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated population Illegitimate births Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 1962 1,186 19.4 70 5.9 1967 1,124 16.7 108 9.6 1972 862 12.0 76 8.8 1977 857 11.5 83 9.7