Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births by London borough (2022)
Last updated: September 2024
Next estimated update: September 2025
What’s this indicator?
This indicator shows the infant mortality rate in London boroughs. This means the number of deaths of children under the age of one year, per 1,000 live births. The data is a three year average. You can view a map of this data at the bottom of the page.
What does it tell us?
Whilst infant mortality rates vary significantly across London boroughs, in all but ten boroughs, they are lower than in England overall.
The average number of deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 was 3.3 in London, whereas in England it was 3.9. Lambeth and Hillingdon were the boroughs with the highest infant mortality rate in London (5.4 per 1,000 live births). Haringey was the London borough with the lowest infant mortality rate (1.6 per 1,000 live births).
Map of infant mortality by London borough
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births (2022)
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