"Figure 4: Babies from the Black ethnic group continue to have the highest infant mortality rate","" "Infant mortality rates by ethnicity of baby, England and Wales, 2007 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Infant deaths per 1,000 live births" "","" "","Asian","Black","Mixed or Multiple","Any Other ethnic group","White","All" "2007","6.7","6.9","5","4.4","4","4.7" "2008","6.4","8.2","5.3","4.5","3.9","4.6" "2009","5.9","7.8","4.9","5","3.9","4.5" "2010","6.4","6.5","4.5","3.7","3.7","4.3" "2011","5.6","7.2","4.1","5.1","3.6","4.2" "2012","5.3","6.1","4.6","4.3","3.4","4" "2013","5.3","6.5","3.7","4.5","3.2","3.8" "2014","4.8","6.4","3.2","4","3.1","3.6" "2015","4.8","5.4","3.8","3.5","3.1","3.7" "2016","5.4","6.9","3.6","3.1","3.2","3.8" "2017","5.7","6.7","4.2","4.2","3.1","3.9" "2018","5","6.6","3.5","3.7","3.2","3.8" "2019","5.5","6.4","3.5","3.9","3","3.7" "2020","4.1","5.3","3.2","3.7","2.8","3.6" "2021","4.8","6.6","3.4","3.3","3.0","3.7"