Release

Child mortality in England and Wales: 2015

Released: 20 April 2017 9:30am
Next release: February to March 2018 (provisional)

Summary

Stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths by sex and age group. Includes age of mother and birthweight.

Publications

Data

Methodology

  • User guide to child and infant mortality statistics

    Supporting information for Child and infant mortality statistics, which presents final statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths that occurred in England and Wales in a calendar year.

Contact details

Name

Vasita Patel

Email

vsob@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1329 444110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

Access granted to Organisation Period
Minister of State for Health Department of Health 21 hrs
Private Secretary Department of Health 21 hrs
Special Advisor Department of Health 21 hrs
Policy Lead Department of Health 21 hrs
Analytical Lead Department of Health 21 hrs
Senior Lead Department of Health 21 hrs
Press Officer Department of Health 21 hrs
Press Officer Department of Health 21 hrs