Table 3

Districts with the highest and lowest SMR in 1979 and 1998 by region and standard deviation (SD) of all districts

RegionYearHighLow
CountyDistrictSMRCountyDistrictSMRSD
*Subsequently merged with East Yorkshire, Holderness and part of Boothferry to form East Riding of Yorkshire. †Formed from the split of Ryedale CD. ‡Formed from the merger of Stoke on Trent with part of Stafford. §Formed from the merger of Monmouth with part of Blaenau Gwent.
Scotland1979Greater GlasgowGlasgow City230.1Greater GlasgowBearsden & Milngavie136.60.132
1998Greater GlasgowGlasgow City217.6Greater GlasgowEastwood77.10.208
North East1979ClevelandMiddlesbrough CD204.8NorthumberlandAlnwick CD156.20.076
1998ClevelandMiddlesbrough UA132.5NorthumberlandAlnwick DC90.20.116
North West1979Greater ManchesterManchester MD199.3CheshireMacclesfield CD140.40.090
1998Greater ManchesterManchester MD170.7CumbriaSouth Lakeland DC82.50.160
London1979Inner London—EastTower Hamlets LB203.0Outer London—W&NWHarrow LB121.80.146
1998Inner London—EastLambeth LB149.3Outer London—W&NWRichmond upon Thames82.80.179
York & Humber1979West YorkshireBradford MD180.7HumbersideBorough of Beverley CD*135.90.116
1998HumbersideKingston upon Hull UA123.1North YorkshireRyedale DC†77.60.174
West Midlands1979StaffordshireStoke on Trent CD196.6ShropshireBridgnorth CD126.50.108
1998StaffordshireStoke on Trent UA‡124.7Hereford & WorcesterBromsgrove DC76.50.144
Wales1979Mid-GlamorganRhondda CD200.8PowysRadnorshire CD138.50.098
1998Mid-GlamorganMerthyr Tydfil UA126.6GwentMonmouthshire UA§85.50.114
East Midlands1979NottinghamshireNottingham CD174.0LeicestershireBlaby CD127.90.082
1998NorthamptonshireCorby CD147.5LeicestershireOadby & Wigston DC72.60.156
South East1979KentDartford CD161.4BuckinghamshireWycombe CD106.70.100
1998BerkshireSlough UA120.9BerkshireWokingham UA67.30.149
South West1979AvonBristol CD153.6AvonWansdyke CD119.50.067
1998GloucestershireGloucester CD100.9DorsetEast Dorset CD68.70.097
East of England1979EssexThurrock CD151.2EssexRochford CD114.70.072
1998BedfordshireLuton UA107.1NorfolkSouth Norfolk CD69.10.123