"Figure 1: Infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates, 1983 to 2013","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Infant – deaths under 1 year 2. Neonatal – deaths under 28 days 3. Postneonatal – deaths between 28 days and 1 year" "Unit","Rate per 1,000 live births" "","" "","Infant mortality","Neonatal mortality","Postneonatal mortality" "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" "2012","4.0","2.8","1.2" "2013","3.8","2.7","1.2"