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Infant mortality
Part of the Childhood and Social Floor domain. Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births, England and Wales.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024
Change between the two latest observations (2023 to 2024), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: method only.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Neutral: the latest reading matches the one before it, so no change is measured.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
28Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Child and infant mortality in England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Office for National Statistics
- Series ID
- ons_infant_mortality
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 16 June 2026
Known weakness
England & Wales; small annual death counts make single-year moves noisy, so read the multi-year trend (flat-to-rising since the 2014 low).
Notes
Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_infant_mortality), accessed 2026-06-16.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.3 | |
| 2011 | 4.2 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 3.8 | |
| 2014 | 3.6 | |
| 2015 | 3.7 | |
| 2016 | 3.8 | |
| 2017 | 3.9 | |
| 2018 | 3.8 | |
| 2019 | 3.7 | |
| 2020 | 3.6 | |
| 2021 | 3.7 | |
| 2022 | 3.9 | |
| 2023 | 3.9 | |
| 2024 | 3.9 |