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iv. Trends in birth rates and child mortality
Source:
Population Trends (ONS)
Trends in birth rates; infant, childhood and crude mortality rates, UK.
 
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Year Live births
per 1,000
population		 Infant deaths
per 1,000
live births		 Crude death
rate		 Childhood mortality
(per 1,000 population
aged 1 to 14)
1948 18.1 36.0 10.9 1.8
1949 17.0 34.1 11.7 1.6
1950 16.2 31.2 11.7 1.4
1951 15.8 31.1 12.5 1.4
1952 15.7 28.8 11.4 1.2
1953 15.9 27.6 11.4 1.2
1954 15.6 26.4 11.3 1.0
1955 15.4 25.8 11.6 1.0
1956 16.0 24.4 11.6 0.9
1957 16.5 24.0 11.5 1.0
1958 16.8 23.3 11.7 0.9
1959 16.9 23.1 11.7 0.9
1960 17.5 22.5 11.5 0.9
1961 17.9 22.1 11.9 1.0
1962 18.3 22.4 11.9 0.9
1963 18.5 21.8 12.2 0.9
1964 18.8 20.5 11.3 0.8
1965 18.4 19.6 11.6 0.8
1966 18.0 19.6 11.8 0.9
1967 17.6 18.8 11.3 0.8
1968 17.2 18.7 11.9 0.8
1969 16.7 18.6 12.0 0.8
1970 16.3 18.5 11.8 0.7
1971 16.2 17.9 11.5 0.7
1972 14.9 17.5 12.0 0.8
1973 13.9 17.2 11.9 0.7
1974 13.2 16.8 12.0 0.7
1975 12.5 16.0 11.9 0.6
1976 12.1 14.5 12.1 0.6
1977 11.8 14.1 11.8 0.6
1978 12.3 13.3 11.9 0.6
1979 13.1 12.9 12.0 0.5
1980 13.4 12.2 11.8 0.5
1981 13.0 11.2 11.7 0.5
1982 12.8 11.0 11.8 0.5
1983 12.8 10.1 11.7 0.4
1984 12.9 9.6 11.4 0.4
1985 13.3 9.4 11.8 0.5
1986 13.3 9.5 11.6 0.4
1987 13.6 9.1 11.3 0.4
1988 13.8 9.0 11.4 0.4
1989 13.6 8.4 11.5 0.4
1990 13.9 7.9 11.2 0.3
1991 13.7 7.4 11.3 0.3
1992 13.5 6.6 11.0 0.3
1993 13.1 6.3 11.3 0.3
1994 12.9 6.2 10.7 0.2
1995 12.5 6.2 10.9 0.2
1996 12.5 6.1 10.9 0.2
1997 12.3 5.8 10.7 0.2
1998 12.1 5.7 10.6 0.2
1999 11.8 5.8 10.6 0.2
2000 11.4 5.6 10.2 0.2