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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.</p><p>Letter from Glen Watson, dated November 2013:</p><p>As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Secretary of State for Health asking respectively a) how many children aged under 18 have died in each of the last five years, by cause of death and b) how many deaths of children aged under 18 have there been in each NHS commissioning board area from i) epilepsy, ii) diabetes and iii) asthma in each of the last five years. [174372, 174371].</p><p>Table 1 provides the number of deaths of children under the age of 18 (excluding neonatal deaths) which occurred in England and Wales, by broad underlying cause of death group, in each year from 2007 to 2011 (the latest year available). Figures for 2012 will be available in the first quarter of 2014.</p><p>Table 2 provides the number of neonatal deaths which occurred in England and Wales, by ONS neonatal cause of death group, in each year from 2007 to 2011 (the latest year available). Figures for 2012 will be available in the first quarter of 2014.</p><p>Table 3 provides the number of deaths of children under the age of 18 (excluding neonatal deaths) which occurred in England and Wales, by NHS area team, where the underlying cause was i) epilepsy, ii) diabetes and iii) asthma in each year from 2007 to 2011 (the latest year available). Figures for 2012 will be available in the first quarter of 2014.</p><p>A copy of the tables has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>Figures for perinatal, infant and childhood mortality in England and Wales are published annually on the ONS website:</p><p>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/child-mortality-statistics--childhood--infant-and-perinatal/2011/index.html</p> |