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Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2022
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- 2,349 infant deaths (aged under 1 year) and 1,019 child deaths (aged 1 to 15 years) occurred in England and Wales; higher than in 2021 (2,323 and 852, respectively).
- There were 3.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, and 10 child deaths per 100,000 population; higher than in 2021 (3.7 and 8, respectively).
- The neonatal mortality rate (aged under 28 days) was 2.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in England and Wales; the mortality rate was generally lower for neonates of longer gestations.
Cause of death coding in mortality statistics, software changes: January 2022
The software used to code death registrations in England and Wales changed from MUSE 5.5 to MUSE 5.8 on 1 January 2022. This paper details the differences in cause of death coding when using MUSE 5.5 software compared with the updated MUSE 5.8 as demonstrated on a sample of mortality data for England and Wales.Datasets related to Stillbirths
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Child mortality (death cohort) tables in England and Wales
Live births, stillbirths and linked infant deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.
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Birth characteristics
Annual live births in England and Wales by sex, birthweight, gestational age, ethnicity and month. Maternities by place of birth and with multiple births. Stillbirths by age of parents and calendar quarter.
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Births in England and Wales: summary tables
Live births and stillbirths annual summary statistics, by sex, age of mother, whether within marriage or civil partnership, percentage of non-UK-born mothers, birth rates and births by month and mothers' area of usual residence.
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Statistical bulletins
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Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2022
Stillbirths, infant and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.
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Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2023
Registered deaths by age, sex, selected underlying causes of death and the leading causes of death. Contains death rates and death registrations by area of residence and single year of age.
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Births in England and Wales: 2023
Annual live births, stillbirths, maternities, and fertility rates in England and Wales by factors including parent age, ethnicity, deprivation, gestational age, and birthweight.
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Births by parents’ characteristics in England and Wales: 2016
Annual live births by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
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Impact of the implementation of IRIS software for ICD-10 cause of death coding on stillbirth and neonatal death statistics: England and Wales
Impact of the implementation of IRIS cause of death coding software on stillbirths and neonatal deaths
Articles
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Cause of death coding in mortality statistics, software changes
The software used to code death registrations in England and Wales changed from MUSE 5.5 to MUSE 5.8 on 1 January 2022. This paper details the differences in cause of death coding when using MUSE 5.5 software compared with the updated MUSE 5.8 as demonstrated on a sample of mortality data for England and Wales.
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UK drops in European child mortality rankings
The UK has dropped several ranks in the European Union rankings of child mortality since 1990, recent analysis of WHO and ONS data has found.
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