Dataset(s): Child and infant mortality (by year of death), England and Wales

Live births, stillbirths and linked infant deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.

Cyswllt:
Population Life Events team

Dyddiad y datganiad:
11 May 2026

Cyhoeddiad nesaf:
To be announced

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  1. For certain statistics initial estimates are released with the expectation that these may be revised and updated as further data becomes available.
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Correction See correction
We have corrected the following errors in our 2024 dataset: In tables 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 13, one death from 2023 was registered as both a stillbirth and a neonatal death. This was caused by an error in the registration process. With this correction, the number of stillbirths and perinatal deaths decreased by one and the number of live births increased by one. In table 8, the numbers and rates for the “all gestational ages” category only included events from 24 weeks of gestation onwards. This was caused by the use of outdated code from a previous version of our analytical process. With this correction, all gestational ages are now included in this category. In tables 5 and 8, a small number of values for unlinked births and deaths by ethnicity were missing. This was caused by a minor coding error. With this correction, these values have now been included. In tables 9 and 10, individual values for England and Wales were incorrect. This was caused by a technical issue affecting our use of the code that processes them. With this correction, these values are now correct. We apologise for these errors.
2 June 2026 10:35

Important notes and usage information

In table 16 of Child Mortality in England and Wales datasets for 2015 and 2016, due to a manual processing error, the under 1 day figure and 1 day and under 1 week figure for 2015 was incorrectly reported as 1,015 and 421 respectively rather than 1,016 and 420. We have corrected this error. You can see all previous versions of this data on the previous versions page. We apologise for any inconvenience.