"Figure 5: Infant mortality rate by Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2016","" "England, and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Infant – deaths of those aged under 1 year. 2. Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) decile range from 1 to 10, with 1 being the most deprived and 10 being the least deprived. 3. Deprivation deciles have been calculated separately for lower super output areas (LSOAs) in England and for LSOAs in Wales as their IMDs are not comparable. " "Unit","Rate per 1,000 live births" "","" "IMD","England ","Wales " "1","5.9","4.7" "2","4.5","2.6" "3","3.9","1.4" "4","3.8","4.1" "5","3.6","2.3" "6","3.0","2.5" "7","3.2","4.2" "8","2.7","2.8" "9","2.9","2.8" "10","2.6","1.9"