Infant, neonatal, perinatal deaths by year

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Infant deaths - number Deaths of infants under 1 year of age.

Infant deaths - rate Per 1,000 live births.

Neonatal deaths - number Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age.

Neonatal deaths - rate Per 1,000 live births.

Perinatal deaths - number Stillbirths and deaths of infants under 1 week of age. The legal definition of a still birth was altered on 1st October 1992 to include babies born with 24 or more completed weeks gestation. Figures for earlier years are based on still births of 28 or more completed weeks gestation.

Stillbirths and deaths of infants under 1 week of age. The legal definition of a still birth was altered on 1st October 1992 to include babies born with 24 or more completed weeks gestation. Figures for earlier years are based on still births of 28 or more completed weeks gestation.

Perinatal deaths - rate Per 1,000 total births.

1970

794

18.7

544

12.8

1,099

25.5

1971

794

18.4

529

12.3

1,066

24.4

1972

639

16.0

433

10.8

904

22.3

1973

615

16.4

420

11.2

833

21.9

1974

617

17.0

416

11.5

778

21.2

1975

493

14.5

351

10.3

678

19.7

1976

457

13.7

322

9.6

642

19.0

1977

430

13.5

315

9.9

575

17.9

1978

440

13.2

299

9.0

566

16.8

1979

447

12.4

304

8.4

569

15.6

1980

426

11.4

296

7.9

483

12.8

1981

452

12.6

292

8.1

508

14.1

1982

378

10.6

245

6.9

400

11.1

1983

379

10.7

238

6.7

405

11.3

1984

314

8.8

204

5.7

380

10.5

1985

362

9.8

215

5.8

378

10.2

1986

352

9.5

207

5.6

384

10.3

1987

359

9.5

190

5.0

351

9.2

1988

294

7.6

183

4.7

334

8.6

1989

304

8.0

180

4.7

318

8.3

1990

268

6.9

152

3.9

290

7.4

1991

250

6.6

158

4.1

301

7.9

1992

225

6.0

143

3.8

263

7.0

1993

205

5.6

125

3.4

305

8.3

1994

208

5.9

143

4.0

328

9.2

1995

211

6.1

132

3.8

272

7.8

1996

195

5.6

126

3.6

264

7.5

1997

204

5.9

135

3.9

275

7.9

1998

189

5.7

122

3.6

269

8.0

1999

207

6.4

131

4.1

252

7.8

2000

163

5.2

112

3.6

229

7.3

2001

169

5.5

105

3.4

231

7.5

2002

142

4.7

3.1

235

7.7

2003

129

4.1

3.0

238

7.5

2004

165

5.1

106

3.3

264

8.1

2005

139

4.3

2.9

241

7.4

2006

137

4.1

2.8

233

6.9

2007

182

5.3

116

3.4

252

7.3

2008

147

4.1

108

3.0

241

6.7

2009

166

4.8

107

3.1

260

7.4

2010

144

4.0

102

2.8

271

7.5

2011

140

3.9

2.7

236

6.6

2012

146

4.1

103

2.9

258

7.3

2013

122

3.6

2.4

209

6.2

2014

123

3.7

2.4

242

7.2

2015

123

3.7

2.5

219

6.5

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Summary information
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Keywords

Mortality

Title

Infant mortality

Last update

April 2017

Next update

April 2018

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Births registrations, Office for National Statistics

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

1970 - Onwards

Rounding applied

1 decimal place rounding is applied to the 'rates'

Name

HLTH1505