There were 2,784 infant deaths in the United Kingdom in 2021, compared with 2,620 in the previous year. The number of infant deaths in 2020 was the fewest in the provided time period, especially compared with 1900 when there were 163,470 infant deaths.
Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021
Characteristic
Number of infant deaths (deaths under 1 year)
2021
2,784
2020
2,620
2019
2,831
2018
2,831
2017
2,971
2016
3,004
2015
3,020
2014
3,014
2013
3,065
2012
3,347
2011
3,502
2010
3,504
2009
3,677
2008
3,745
2007
3,740
2006
3,737
2005
3,672
2004
3,659
2003
3,686
2002
3,538
2001
3,691
2000
3,813
1999
4,059
1998
4,059
1997
4,277
1996
4,496
1995
4,512
1994
4,627
1993
4,846
1992
5,141
1991
5,825
1990
6,272
1989
6,542
1988
7,061
1987
7,077
1986
7,180
1985
7,030
1984
7,000
1983
7,356
1982
7,897
1981
8,161
1980
9,112
1979
9,473
1978
9,128
1977
9,283
1976
9,776
1975
11,190
1974
12,352
1973
13,429
1972
14,591
1971
16,164
1970
16,715
1969
17,083
1968
17,748
1967
18,075
1966
19,235
1965
19,571
1964
20,857
1963
21,568
1962
21,821
1961
20,885
1960
20,661
1959
20,320
1958
20,293
1957
20,391
1956
20,131
1955
20,362
1954
20,972
1953
22,214
1952
22,853
1951
24,787
1950
25,552
1949
29,160
1948
32,599
1947
44,816
1946
40,788
1945
38,823
1944
41,775
1943
42,069
1942
40,806
1941
44,035
1940
42,837
1939
38,924
1938
40,820
1937
44,194
1936
44,732
1935
42,982
1934
43,685
1933
45,939
1932
49,857
1931
51,368
1930
48,514
1929
58,103
1928
53,281
1927
56,260
1926
59,661
1925
65,137
1924
67,670
1923
63,709
1922
74,065
1921
83,955
1920
92,185
1919
75,131
1918
76,860
1917
77,375
1916
84,676
1915
106,818
1914
108,701
1913
112,006
1912
98,642
1911
131,341
1910
111,266
1909
116,391
1908
132,530
1907
125,188
1906
142,360
1905
137,711
1904
157,179
1903
143,679
1902
143,365
1901
161,205
1900
163,470
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (February 24, 2023). Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021." Chart. February 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Infant Deaths in The United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of infant deaths in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2021 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/281508/number-of-infant-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
