Assessing the impact of rising child poverty on the unprecedented rise in infant mortality in England, 2000-2017: time trend analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether there were inequalities in the sustained rise in infant mortality in England in recent years and the contribution of rising child poverty to these trends.

Design

This is an analysis of trends in infant mortality in local authorities grouped into five categories (quintiles) based on their level of income deprivation. Fixed-effects regression models were used to quantify the association between regional changes in child poverty and regional changes in infant mortality.

Setting

324 English local authorities in 9 English government office regions.

Participants

Live-born children under 1 year of age.

Main outcome measure

Infant mortality rate, defined as the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age per 100 000 live birth

SUBMITTER: Taylor-Robinson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954495 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature