Mortality in children aged under 8

This article presents analyses of deaths in England and Wales of children under the age of eight by year of birth and age at death, focusing on children born between 1993 and 2001 and dying between 1993 and 2003. The analysis looks at risk factors available at birth registration including sex, birthweight, multiple birth status, mother's age, father's social class, mother's country of birth and marital status. It is the first time that ONS has been able to analyse deaths occurring up to age seven by these risk factors. The results show that many of the well established risk factors for death in infancy persist into older ages.