Health outcomes for babies and young children in the UK are stalling in key areas including infant mortality and immunisation levels, and lagging behind most other high-income countries on mortality, breastfeeding and obesity rates, according to the first international analysis of British children’s health outcomes over time.
Separately, figures published by the Office for National Statistics have revealed that infant mortality rose from 2.6 neonatal deaths per 1,000 births in 2015 to 2.7 for every 1,000 births in 2016. The infant mortality rate (deaths within the first year of a child’s life) also rose between 3.7 to 3.8 per 1,000 live births over the same period.
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