Child and Infant Mortality in England and Wales 2022

Product Description

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

Main points
In England and Wales in 2022:

• 2,349 infant deaths (aged under 1 year) and 1,019 child deaths (aged 1 to 15 years) occurred; these figures are higher than in 2021 (2,323 and 852, respectively).
• There were 3.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, and 10 child deaths per 100,000 population; higher than in 2021 (3.7 and 8, respectively).
• The neonatal mortality rate (aged under 28 days) was 2.9 deaths per 1,000 live births; the mortality rate was generally lower for neonates of longer gestations.
• The highest rates of infant mortality were among infants of Black ethnicity, with a birthweight under 2,500 grammes, or with a mother aged under 20 years.
• The main cause of death among children aged 28 days to 15 years continued to be congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
• The mortality rate for infants living in the 10% most deprived areas in England was almost three times higher than for infants living in the 10% least deprived areas; a wider difference than seen during any of the previous 12 years.