The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 October 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the rate of infant mortality was in (a) the five most deprived areas in England and (b) England in each year since 1979. I am replying in her absence. (159809)
The five most deprived areas in England were identified as the local authority districts (LAD) with highest deprivation according to the English Indices of Deprivation 2004. Hackney had the highest level of deprivation, Tower Hamlets was ranked second, Manchester third, Islington fourth and Liverpool fifth. Infant mortality rates are provided for these same LADs for all the years.
The attached table shows infant mortality rates for the five most deprived areas (Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Manchester, Islington and Liverpool) and England from 1979 to 2005 (the latest year available).
Hackney Tower Hamlets Manchester Islington Liverpool England 1979 11.7 19.1 18.5 17.6 11.4 12.8 1980 16.0 12.3 16.8 14.0 14.5 12.0 1981 12.9 13.7 11.0 11.5 10.7 10.9 1982 11.0 14.9 15.4 12.8 8.7 10.8 1983 11.8 10.7 11.2 10.6 9.7 10.0 1984 10.5 10.8 9.8 11.6 7.1 9.4 1985 11.5 7.3 9.6 7.3 8.1 9.2 1986 11.6 8.7 11.1 8.8 11.5 9.5 1987 12.9 11.5 8.1 7.9 7.8 9.1 1988 9.3 11.6 10.0 8.9 7.0 9.1 1989 9.6 9.2 11.5 8.5 7.6 8.4 1990 8.8 7.7 8.9 11.0 6.7 7.9 1991 8.7 8.4 9.0 6.9 7.0 7.3 1992 8.3 7.9 8.4 9.1 5.2 6.5 1993 8.4 4.9 8.3 5.7 4.3 6.3 1994 11.4 6.6 6.8 5.0 4.8 6.1 1995 9.1 8.7 9.6 6.8 7.1 6.1 1996 7.4 6.4 7.2 4.8 6.5 6.0 1997 10.5 5.6 8.9 3.1 7.2 5.9 1998 6.1 7.6 6.7 4.3 6.9 5.6 1999 9.1 6.0 9.5 8.8 6.8 5.7 2000 6.2 5.9 8.7 5.5 7.0 5.6 2001 7.8 5.2 9.6 6.0 6.7 5.4 2002 9.3 6.0 9.0 4.4 6.1 5.2 2003 6.9 4.8 6.5 7.9 4.7 5.3 2004 3.4 4.2 8.2 7.5 5.7 5.0 2005 5.6 4.3 7.2 5.5 8.1 5.0 Notes: 1 Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births. 2 Rates based on fewer than 20 deaths are shown in italics. 3 From 2002 onwards City of London LB is included in the rates for Hackney LB. 4 2006 figures on a comparable basis are not yet available.