Re: {Disarmed} Provisional births and deaths data from ONS

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Dear ,

One group of infant deaths that ONS may miss follow births to young migrant

workers (e.g. Poles) who return to their families after giving birth in the UK,

without any UK aftercare.

Here in the East of England such migrant mothers make up a significant minority

of all births, but because we have no reliable figures for EU migration back and

forth (perhaps twice a year) I have no clue how many of these new families set

up residence here, except for Census figures showing unprecedented numbers of 2

years olds in this County, relative to the overall population distribution.

As a rule (DH) infant mortality is significantly higher to mothers born outside

the UK (the effect first emerged with Bradford's Pakistani community a few years

ago)... but I am unaware of country-of-origin data that is more up to date.

Woody.

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From: [ ] On Behalf Of

Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]

Sent: 20 July 2012 13:49

Subject: {Disarmed} Provisional births and deaths data from ONS

Basic information about birth rates and infant mortality is becoming less

significant as an outcome measure, but is still very important in terms of

planning and for 'gold standard' international comparisons. The latest annual

bulletin from ONS is on:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/death-reg-sum-tables/2011--provisional-/sb-b\

irths-and-deaths-first-release--2011.html

Headline points:

Live births

There were 723,913 live births in England and Wales in 2011, compared with

723,165 in 2010 (a rise of 0.1 per cent) and 594,634 in 2001. The small rise in

2011 represents a continuation of the increasing numbers of live births recorded

since 2001. During this period the number of live births has risen by 22 per

cent from 594,634 in 2001 despite a small fall between 2008 and 2009.

Infant, perinatal and neonatal deaths

In 2011 there were 3,154 infant deaths (under 1 year of age) registered in

England and Wales, a slight increase from 2010, resulting in a rate of 4.4

deaths per thousand live births compared with 4.3 in 2010 and 5.4 in 2001.

Similar to stillbirths and perinatal deaths (see below) this rise is partly

attributable to the increase in the total number of births (both live births and

stillbirths) in 2011.

In 2011 the neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 28 days) remained the same as

in 2010 at 3.0 deaths per thousand live births. The postneonatal mortality rate

(deaths between 28 days and one year) decreased to 1.3 deaths per thousand live

births from 1.4 in 2010.

The perinatal (stillbirths and deaths under 7 days) mortality rate was 7.6 per

thousand total births in 2011 compared with 7.4 in 2010.

best wishes

Cowley

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[Guest guest]

Very useful observations Woody, thank youOn 20 Jul 2012, at 17:23, Woody Caan wrote:Dear ,One group of infant deaths that ONS may miss follow births to young migrant workers (e.g. Poles) who return to their families after giving birth in the UK, without any UK aftercare.Here in the East of England such migrant mothers make up a significant minority of all births, but because we have no reliable figures for EU migration back and forth (perhaps twice a year) I have no clue how many of these new families set up residence here, except for Census figures showing unprecedented numbers of 2 years olds in this County, relative to the overall population distribution.As a rule (DH) infant mortality is significantly higher to mothers born outside the UK (the effect first emerged with Bradford's Pakistani community a few years ago)... but I am unaware of country-of-origin data that is more up to date.Woody.________________________________From: [ ] On Behalf Of Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]Sent: 20 July 2012 13:49 Subject: {Disarmed} Provisional births and deaths data from ONSBasic information about birth rates and infant mortality is becoming less significant as an outcome measure, but is still very important in terms of planning and for 'gold standard' international comparisons. The latest annual bulletin from ONS is on:http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/death-reg-sum-tables/2011--provisional-/sb-births-and-deaths-first-release--2011.htmlHeadline points:Live birthsThere were 723,913 live births in England and Wales in 2011, compared with 723,165 in 2010 (a rise of 0.1 per cent) and 594,634 in 2001. The small rise in 2011 represents a continuation of the increasing numbers of live births recorded since 2001. During this period the number of live births has risen by 22 per cent from 594,634 in 2001 despite a small fall between 2008 and 2009.Infant, perinatal and neonatal deathsIn 2011 there were 3,154 infant deaths (under 1 year of age) registered in England and Wales, a slight increase from 2010, resulting in a rate of 4.4 deaths per thousand live births compared with 4.3 in 2010 and 5.4 in 2001. Similar to stillbirths and perinatal deaths (see below) this rise is partly attributable to the increase in the total number of births (both live births and stillbirths) in 2011.In 2011 the neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 28 days) remained the same as in 2010 at 3.0 deaths per thousand live births. The postneonatal mortality rate (deaths between 28 days and one year) decreased to 1.3 deaths per thousand live births from 1.4 in 2010.The perinatal (stillbirths and deaths under 7 days) mortality rate was 7.6 per thousand total births in 2011 compared with 7.4 in 2010.best wishes Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn------------------------------------