"Figure 1: Infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates: 1981-2011","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Neonatal - deaths under 28 days 2. Postneonatal - deaths between 28 days and 1 year 3. Infant - deaths under 1 year" "Unit","Rate per 1,000 live births" "","" "","Infant mortality","Neonatal mortality","Postneonatal mortality" "1981","11.1","6.7","4.4" "1982","10.8","6.3","4.6" "1983","10.1","5.9","4.3" "1984","9.5","5.6","3.9" "1985","9.4","5.4","4.0" "1986","9.6","5.3","4.3" "1987","9.2","5.1","4.1" "1988","9.0","4.9","4.1" "1989","8.4","4.8","3.7" "1990","7.9","4.6","3.3" "1991","7.4","4.4","3.0" "1992","6.6","4.3","2.3" "1993","6.3","4.2","2.1" "1994","6.2","4.1","2.1" "1995","6.1","4.2","2.0" "1996","6.1","4.1","2.0" "1997","5.9","3.9","2.0" "1998","5.7","3.8","1.9" "1999","5.8","3.9","1.9" "2000","5.6","3.9","1.7" "2001","5.4","3.6","1.9" "2002","5.2","3.6","1.7" "2003","5.3","3.6","1.7" "2004","5.0","3.5","1.6" "2005","5.0","3.4","1.6" "2006","5.0","3.5","1.5" "2007","4.7","3.3","1.5" "2008","4.6","3.2","1.4" "2009","4.5","3.1","1.4" "2010","4.3","2.9","1.3" "2011","4.2","2.9","1.2"