Nuffield Report on child health trends. THREAD
1. Infant mortality up three years in a row in England+ Wales between 2015 and 2019. The UK’s infant mortality rate is 30% higher than the median rate across EU countries. nuffieldfoundation.org/news/health-of…
1. Infant mortality up three years in a row in England+ Wales between 2015 and 2019. The UK’s infant mortality rate is 30% higher than the median rate across EU countries. nuffieldfoundation.org/news/health-of…
2. Low birth weight rate differences between rich and poor households have increased since 2012.
3. In England, the proportion of four- and five-year-olds classified as obese increased from 9.9% in 2019/20 to 14.4% in 2020/21. Around 1 in 7 children are obese and 1 in 20 children are severely obese when they begin primary school.
4. In England, an estimated 11.5% of children under five live in a household with a parent suffering from a severe mental health problem.
5. Breastfeeding exclusively areamongst the lowest in high income countries. In Scotland, there have been marked improvements in breastfeeding rates; the proportion of mothers doing any breastfeeding at six months rose from 32% in 2010 to 43% in 2017.
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