Child and maternal health statistics
Statistics to support improvements in decision making when planning services for pregnant women, children, young people and families.
Child and maternal health indicators
The Child and maternal health section of OHID’s Fingertips data tool brings together indicators on several themes.
Overview and child health profiles
The Overview of child health section of Fingertips brings together indicators of child health for local government and CCG areas across several different themes.
Pregnancy and birth statistics
The Pregnancy and birth section on Fingertips brings together data on factors related to conception, pregnancy and delivery, including breastfeeding indicators.
Breastfeeding statistics
See breastfeeding statistics for access to earlier and archived breastfeeding statistics.
Early years statistics
The Early years section on Fingertips brings together data on factors related to the health and outcomes for children aged 0 to 5 years.
School-age children statistics
The school-age children section on Fingertips brings together data on factors related to the health and outcomes for children of school-age.
Young people statistics
The Young people section on Fingertips brings together data on factors related to the health and outcomes for young people, up to 24 years.
Health visitor service delivery
The quarterly and annual Health visitor service delivery metrics bring together local authority data on visits to pregnant women, children and families at several stages during pregnancy and early childhood. The source data for these metrics is the Interim national reporting process for the universal health visiting service.
The Community Services Dataset (CSDS) will be used as the basis for these metrics in the longer term, once the data quality has reached a suitable quality. The data has been used for some ad hoc publications in this collection.
Data and commentaries for 2015 to 2016 are available on the UK Government Web Archive, alongside supporting information and guidance. You can find health visitor delivery metrics from before 2015 at the NHS England website.
Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years
The quarterly and annual child development outcomes 2 to 2 and a half years metrics provide local authority data on outcomes for children aged 2 to 2 and a half years, as measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3 (ASQ-3). The source data for these metrics is the Interim national reporting process for the universal health visiting service.
The Community Services Dataset (CSDS) will be used as the basis for these metrics in the longer term, once the data quality has reached a suitable quality. The data has been used for some ad hoc publications in this collection.
User engagement
We welcome feedback on the child health profiles to help us adapt to meeting the changing needs of users. Published results of recent user feedback activities are available below.
Updates to this page
Last updated 5 November 2024 + show all updates
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Added 'Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: annual data April 2023 to March 2024' , 'Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: April 2023 to March 2024' and 'Health visitor service delivery metrics: April 2023 to March 2024' to the collection page.
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Added 'Child and maternal health profiles: May 2024 update' to the 'Overview and child health profiles' section.
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Added '2024 child health profiles' to the collection page.
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Added Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks: quarterly data for 2023 to 2024, Health visitor service delivery metrics: quarterly data for 2023 to 2024 and Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: quarterly data for 2023 to 2024 to the collection page.
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Added: Health visitor service delivery metrics: annual data April 2022 to March 2023; Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: annual data April 2022 to March 2023 and; Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: annual data April 2022 to March 2023.
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Added 'Child education: 2023 update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks: comparison of NHS England and OHID data' to the breastfeeding statistics section.
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Added 'Admissions for children with long-term conditions, emergency admissions and A&E attendance: 2023 update' and 'Indicators related to under 18 conceptions, pregnancy and birth: 2023 update' to the collection page.
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Added '2023 Child health profiles' to the collection page.
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Added 'Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: quarterly data for 2022 to 2023' to the collection.
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Added 'Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: quarterly data for 2022 to 2023' and 'Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics: quarterly data for 2022 to 2023' to the collection page.
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Added 'Preconception health among migrant women in England' to the collection page.
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Added 'Child education: 2022 update' to the collection page.
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Added the following publications: 'Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: annual data 2021 to 2022', 'Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: annual data 2021 to 2022' and 'Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics: annual data 2021 to 2022'.
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Added 'Vulnerability in infancy' to the early years section.
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Added 'Child health profiles: summary of feedback exercise 2021' and '2022 Child health profiles' to the collection page.
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Added the following 1 February publications to the collection page; Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics, Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years, Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth.
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Added the following publications to the collection page; Child education: 2021 update, Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics: annual data, Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years: annual data and Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth: annual data.
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Added link to Characteristics of women who stop smoking in pregnancy.
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Added School nursing activity and referrals in 2019 to 2020.
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Added 'Contacts other than those mandated and referrals by health visitors' to the Health visitor service delivery metrics section.
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Added 'Indicators related to under 18 conceptions, pregnancy and birth: 2021 update' and 'Admissions for children with long-term conditions, emergency admissions and A&E attendance: 2021 update' to the collection page.
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Added '2021 Child health profiles' to the collection page.
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Added 'Characteristics of children receiving universal health visitor reviews', 'Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics: 2019 to 2020 annual data' and 'Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years experimental statistics: 2019 to 2020 data'.
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Added Child education and homelessness: 2020 update.
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Added 'Admissions for children with long-term conditions, emergency admissions and A&E attendance: 2020 update' and 'Indicators related to under 18 conceptions, pregnancy and birth: 2020 update'.
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Added 'Child education and homelessness: 2019 update' to the collection page.
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Added documents on breast feeding, health visitor delivery service metrics and child development outcomes.
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Added 'Child health profiles 2019'.
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Added 'School-age children profiles: 2018 update' and 'Young people profiles: 2018 update'.
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Added 'Early years profile: 2018 update'.
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Added 'Pregnancy and birth profiles: 2018 update'.
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Added 'child health profiles: summary of feedback exercise'.
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Added child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years metrics.
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Added 'School-age children profiles: 2017 update' and 'Young people profiles: 2017 update'.
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Added 'Early years profiles: 2017 update'.
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Added 'Pregnancy and birth profiles: 2017 update'.
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Added health service delivery metrics and link to new child and maternal health data and intelligence guidance
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