Infant mortalities in the UK 2000-2016

The data displays the number of infant deaths in the UK from 2000 to 2016. Infant death is defined as a death under the age of 1. The overall trend was one of decrease. However, after dropping from 2000 to 2002, the figure saw five rises in six years between 2002 and 2008 before decreasing each year considerably to the latest figure for 2016. The overall decrease from 2000 to 2016 was 809.