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Child and Infant Mortality in England and Wales (DH3 Series)

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This statistical bulletin presents statistics on infant deaths and childhood deaths that occurred in each year in England and Wales. It also contains additional analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting infant deaths, including age of mother and birthweight. These characteristics are derived from linking the death registration to the corresponding birth registration record.

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Child and Infant Mortality in England and Wales 2021

Including CD-ROM of data


£15.00
Stillbirths, infant and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.

Main points
  • In 2021, 2,323 infant deaths (aged under one year) and 852 child deaths (aged 1 to 15 years) occurred in England and Wales; these figures were both higher than in 2020 (2,226 and 789, respectively).
  • In 2021, the infant mortality and child mortality rates in England and Wales were 3.7 deaths per 1,000 live births and 8 deaths per 100,000 population of the same age, respectively, both following a general decline since the 1980s.
  • The neonatal mortality rate (aged under 28 days) was 2.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in England and Wales in 2021; with the mortality rate increasing for neonates of shorter gestational ages.
  • In 2021, infants with a low birthweight (less than 2,500g), Black ethnicity, or a mother aged under 20 years were at the highest risk of infant mortality.
  • In 2021, the main causes of death among infants and children aged 28 days to 15 years continued to be congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
  • In 2021, there were 32 deaths of infants and children aged 28 days to 15 years where the underlying cause was “coronavirus (COVID-19).”
 
ISBN
9781804921791
Author
Office for National Statistics
Published by
Dandy Booksellers Ltd
Publication Date
23 March 2023
Edition
2021
Publisher's Ref
DH3 No. 54
Format
Paperback
Extent
56 pages plus CD-ROM
Dimensions
A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Approx Weight
0.22 kg
HS Code
490199






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