Infant deaths by borough
Key points
- Areas with the highest rates of infant mortality are on the edges of Inner London.
- The rates in Southwark and Newham – about seven deaths before the age of 12 months per 1,000 live births – are more than twice that in Richmond (3.1 per 1,000).
The proportion of infant deaths before the age of 12 months
What does this map show?
The areas with the highest rates of infant mortality are spread out round the edges of Inner London: Southwark (which has the highest rate), Newham, Haringey and Brent. The rates in all four - about seven deaths before the age of 12 months per 1,000 live births – are more than twice that in Richmond (3.1 per 1,000).
Five Inner London boroughs (four to the West and Tower Hamlets) have rates of infant mortality below the London average. Above-average rates are also found in Outer London boroughs in both the North and South.
Data used
Key Population and Vital Statistics, ONS, most recent 8 years combined. The incidence iof infant mortality is very small - the figures above are per thousand - so several years data are combined to give an estimate. For instance, in 2007, there were fewer than 10 infant deaths in seven London boroughs.
Indicator last updated: 21 April 2010
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Other indicators in Brent
- Pay inequalities within London
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
Other indicators in Children
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- Child ill health
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Free school meals and attainment at age 11
- Households in temporary accommodation
- Underage conception by borough
- Children in workless households over time
- Attainment at age 11 by region
- Families receiving in-work benefits
- Child, adult and pensioner poverty
- London's low income population
- Child poverty and work
- Child and adult poverty and work
Other indicators in Haringey
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
Other indicators in Newham
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Richmond upon Thames
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Underage conception by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Southwark
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Underage conception by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
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Glossary
Infant mortality:
Death occurring before twelve months
Outer London:
Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bromley, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest
Inner London:
Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster