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Child health indicators and profiles - tell us what you think
Each year, Public Health England updates child and maternal health indicators. We also publish an annual snapshot 4-page report - Child Health Profiles - for each upper tier local council in England. They give a picture of child health in each local area and are designed to support local government and health services to improve children's health and reduce health inequalities. We are reviewing the content to help us develop indicators and profiles which continue to provide you with the common core information you need. Please take a few minutes before 30 September to complete the survey and tell us what you think.
Introduction
This section brings together a range of publicly available data, information, reports, tools and resources on child and maternal health into one easily accessible hub. It helps you find and use the information and evidence you need to improve decision making as part of your planning or commissioning process. The data is regularly updated as new releases become available.
Recently added reports:
Mental health in pregnancy and infants
Teenage pregnancy and young parents
Speech, language and communication
Unintentional injuries in and around the home
Unintentional injuries on the roads
You can choose to view by life-course stage or view by theme using the sections below. Indicators appear in more than one of the profiles.
If you have a query about any of the content of this tool, or would like to contact the team please contact us.
View by life course stage
Child health profilesPresents data on a range of factors related to the health and wellbeing of pregnant women, children and young people. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Pregnancy and birthPresents data on a range of factors related to conception, pregnancy and delivery. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Early yearsPresents information on the health of children aged 0 to 5 years, and includes Early Years Profiles. Supporting information on this topic is available. Supplementary indicators for this topic are also available. |
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School-age childrenPresents data on a range of factors related to the health and wellbeing of school-age children, and includes School-Age Children Profiles. Supporting information on this topic is available. Data relating to Primary school children, Secondary school children and supplementary indicators for this topic are also available |
Young peoplePresents data on a range of factors related to the health and wellbeing of young people and includes Young People's Profiles. Supporting information on this topic is available. Supplementary indicators for this topic are also available. |
View by theme
BreastfeedingPresents public health indicators related to breastfeeding, categorised by demographics, risk factors, and outcomes. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Children and young people's mental health and wellbeingPresents data on need, protective factors for positive mental health and wellbeing, describing the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. |
Health behaviours in young peoplePresents data on a range of factors around health behaviours and risky behaviour in young people. It includes What About YOUth? survey data. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
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Healthcare usePresents information on the use of NHS services including data from the Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for Children and Young People. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Long term conditions and complex health needsPresents data on a range of factors for children and young people with long term conditions such as asthma and diabetes or complex health needs. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
MortalityPresents data on deaths during pregnancy and childhood and includes Infant Mortality and Stillbirths Profiles. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
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NCMP and child obesity profileThis suite of indicators highlight child weight status prevalence data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), as well as contextual indicators relating to child obesity where these are available at local authority level. NCMP data quality indicators are also included. |
Oral healthPresents data on a range of indicators drawn from survey data and factors impacting on oral health. This will allow local commissioners access to high quality information to support benchmarking, commissioning and service improvement. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Perinatal mental healthPresents nationally available data on perinatal mental health, grouped under: demographics, risk & related factors, prevalence, and identification & access. |
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Unintentional injuriesPresents data on injuries suffered by children and young people in the home and on the roads. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Vaccinations and immunisationsPresents data on vaccinations and immunisations among pregnant women, pre-school and school-aged children. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Vulnerable children and young peoplePresents data on vulnerable children and young people. Supporting information on this topic is available. |
Recent updates
August 2019
An error in trend information for infant mortality has been identified affecting a small number of the pdf child health profiles first published in March. Corrected profiles have been published for:
- Bedford Borough
- Central Bedfordshire
- Gateshead
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Surrey
- Wokingham
This only affects the pdf downloads. No changes to Fingertips data have been made due to this.
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
June 2019
A new report relating to speech, language and communication is available from the Reports tab or from the link in the introduction.
April 2019
A new indicator has been added to the Early years and School-age children: Primary domains:
- Percentage of children achieving at least an expected level of development across all learning goals in communication and language - LA
Data is available split by inequalities (sex, free school meal status) at TTLA, Regional and England level, for academic years 2012/13 to 2017/18
March 2019
The 2019 Child Health Profiles are now available here.
Child Health Profile indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
- Infant mortality - CCG
- Child mortality rate (1 - 17 years) - LA and CCG
- MMR vaccination for one dose (2 years) - CCG
- DTAP / IPV / Hib vaccination (2 years) - CCG
- Children in care immunisations - LA
- Average Attainment 8 score - LA
- Average Attainment 8 score of children in care - LA
- Children in low income families (under 16s) - LA
- Family homelessness - LA
- Children in care - LA
- Children killed and seriously injured (KSI) on England's roads - LA and CCG
- Low birth weight of term babies - LA
- Hospital admissions for dental caries (0-5 years) - LA and CCG
- Teenage mothers - LA and CCG
- Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s - CCG
- Hospital admissions due to substance misuse (15-24 years) - LA and CCG
- A&E attendances (0-4 years) - LA and CCG
- Hospital admissions caused by injuries in children (0-14 years) - CCG
- Hospital admissions caused by injuries in young people (15-24 years) - CCG
- Hospital admissions for asthma (under 19 years) - LA and CCG
- Hospital admissions for mental health conditions - LA and CCG
- Hospital admissions as a result of self-harm (10-24 years) - LA and CCG
February 2019
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
January 2019
Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
- Reception: prevalence of underweight - LA
- Reception: prevalence of overweight (including obesity) - LA
- Obese children (4-5 years) - LA
- Year 6: prevalence of underweight - LA
- Year 6: prevalence of overweight (including obesity) - LA
- Obese children (10-11 years) - LA
December 2018
Indicators relating to School age children and Young people have been updated with the most recent data, including:
- Persistent absentees in Primary and Secondary schools - LA
- Key stage 1 pupils meeting the expected level in reading, writing, maths and science - LA
- Key stage 2 pupils meeting the expected level in reading, writing, maths - LA
- Homeless young people aged 16-24 - LA
November 2018
New reports relating to unintentional injuries around the home and on the roads are available from the Reports tab or from the links in the introduction.
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
October 2018
A small error has been corrected to the England value for Hospital admissions as a result of self-harm (10-24 years), and to the England values for the three sub-indicators relating to children and young people aged 10-14 years, 15-19 years and 20-24 years. PDF versions of the child health profile have been reissued for a small number of areas where this makes a difference to the significance shown on page 4 of the profile; for all other areas, a final page has been inserted as notification of the issue.
September 2018
New functionality added to Child and Maternal Health profiles with a drop down list added to allow navigation between all Fingertips profiles related to the subject. Minor changes made to profile layouts should make finding data easier, if you do have any queries please use the "Contact Us" link above.
Indicators relating to Early years have been updated with the most recent data, including:
- A&E attendances (for early years and all other ages) - LA and CCG
- Elective admissions (for early years and all other ages) - LA and CCG
- Emergency admissions (for early years and all other ages) - LA and CCG
- Admissions for asthma, diabetes and epilepsy (0-9, 10-18 and 0-18) - LA and CCG
- Neonatal mortality - CCG
- Postneonatal mortality - CCG
Other indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
- First time entrants to the youth justice system - LA
- Year 6: Prevalence of overweight(including obese) - CCG
- School pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs: % of school pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs - LA
- Pupils with special educational needs (SEN): % of school pupils with special educational needs - LA