This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.
| Indicator available | Neonatal Mortality rate |
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| Indicator description | Probability that a child born in a specific year or period will die during the first 28 completed days of life if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period, expressed per 1000 live births. Neonatal deaths (deaths among live births during the first 28 completed days of life) may be subdivided into early neonatal deaths, occurring during the first 7 days of life, and late neonatal deaths, occurring after the 7th day but before the 28th completed day of life. |
| Geographical coverage | United Kingdom |
| Unit of measurement | Number of deaths per 1,000 population |
| Definitions | Neonatal death is the death of a child of when the age of the child is under 28 days. Early neonatal death is under the age of 7 days, late neonatal is between 7 and 27 days, postnatal is between 28 days and 1 year and infant death is classified as under 1 year. Socio-economic status is defined as the social status of a person based on their occupation, income and education. Type of registration refers to the address status of the parents, and shows whether they are living together or separately. |
| Calculations | No calculations were performed in the data acquisition of this indicator as appropriate data was readily available in the final format specified by this indicator. For insight into the details of potential calculations please refer to the original source metadata or source contact. A basic summary of the concept behind the formation of the indicator is as follows: The number of neonatal deaths divided by the number of births in the same time period and this will be multiplied by 1,000 to get a rate that gives a figure per thousand births. |
| Other information | The headline figures for this indicator cover the United Kingdom however the disaggregation for this indicator do not cover England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland they only cover England and Wales jointly. The exception to this is when regions of England and the regions of Wales are specified. Although the headline figures go back to 2000 for neonatal, early neonatal, post neonatal, and infant other disaggregation for the indicator only go as far back as 2008. The disaggregation of socio-economic status is only shown by type of marital status and type of registration. The classification used for socio-economic status is the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification. |
| Data last updated | 2018-04-04: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |
| Metadata last updated | 2018-05-31: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |