UK Children Have One Of The Highest Death Rates In Western Europe

Although, by international standards, the UK has very low rates of deaths in children, within western Europe the UK has a higher rate of deaths in children than nearly every other country in the region. The mortality rate in the UK for children under five is 4.9 deaths per 1000 births, more than double that in Iceland (2.4 per 1000 births), the country with the lowest mortality rates. 3800 children under five died in the UK in 2013, the highest absolute number of deaths in the region.  The findings in The Lancet come from a new study coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.  read more

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