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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. 

Available 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 profiles

Presents 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 birth

Presents data on a range of factors related to conception, pregnancy and delivery. Supporting information on this topic is available.

Early years

Presents 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.

School-age children

Presents 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 people

Presents 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

Breastfeeding

Presents 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 wellbeing

Presents 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 people

Presents 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.

Healthcare use

Presents 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 needs

Presents 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.

Mortality

Presents data on deaths during pregnancy and childhood and includes Infant Mortality and Stillbirths Profiles. Supporting information on this topic is available.

NCMP and child obesity profile

This 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 health

Presents 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 health

Presents nationally available data on perinatal mental health, grouped under: demographics, risk & related factors, prevalence, and identification & access.

Unintentional injuries

Presents 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 immunisations

Presents 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 people

Presents data on vulnerable children and young people. Supporting information on this topic is available.

Recent updates

May 2020

The high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people have been updated for England, regions and local authority level.

Following a user feedback exercise, we have now discontinued indicators for elective hospital admissions and some indicators for emergency hospital admissions and A&E attendances. Full details are in Child health profiles: summary of feedback exercise and PHE response.

The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:

Note: An error was identified for indicators based on hospital episode statistics (HES) data which gave misleading results for areas within the South East region and East Sussex. Affected areas have been suppressed or flagged to be treated with caution. Full details can be found in the caveats section of the descriptive metadata for each affected indicator.

  • Under 18 conceptions - LA
  • Under 18 conceptions: conceptions in those aged under 16 - LA
  • Under 18s conceptions leading to an abortion - LA
  • Caesarean section % - LA and CCG
  • Percentage of deliveries to mothers from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups - LA and CCG
  • Percentage of deliveries to women aged 35+ - LA and CCG
  • Admissions of babies under 14 days - LA and CCG
  • Admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in babies and children - various age ranges - LA and CCG
    Admissions for gastroenteritis in babies and children - various age ranges - LA and CCG
  • Admissions for epilepsy for children and young people - various age ranges - LA and CCG
    Admissions for asthma for children and young people - various age ranges - LA and CCG
    Admissions for diabetes for children and young people - various age ranges - LA and CCG
  • Hospital admissions as a result of self-harm (3 age breakdowns) - LA
  • Emergency admissions for car occupants (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Emergency admissions for motorcyclists (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Emergency admissions for pedal cyclists (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Emergency admissions for pedestrians (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Emergency admissions - various age ranges - LA and CCG
  • A&E attendances - various age ranges - LA and CCG

March 2020

The 2020 Child Health Profiles are now available here.

Note: An error was identified for indicators based on hospital episode statistics (HES) data which gave misleading results for areas within the South East region and East Sussex. Affected areas have been suppressed or flagged to be treated with caution. Full details can be found in the caveats section of the descriptive metadata for each affected indicator.

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 care - LA
  • Children killed and seriously injured (KSI) on England's roads - LA and CCG
  • Obese children Reception year – CCG
  • Obese children Year 6 - CCG
  • Low birth weight of term babies - LA
  • Hospital admissions for dental caries (0-5 years) - LA and CCG
  • Teenage mothers - LA and CCG
  • Hospital admissions due to substance misuse (15-24 years) - LA and CCG
  • Baby’s first feed breastmilk – LA and CCG
  • A&E attendances (0-4 years) - LA and 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

The following indicators have been updated in the unintentional injuries domain:

  • Emergency admissions for falls in children aged 0-4 - LA
  • Emergency admissions for exposure to animate mechanical forces in children aged 0-4 - LA
  • Emergency admissions for exposure to inanimate mechanical forces in children aged 0-4 - LA
  • Emergency admissions for exposure to heat and hot substances in children aged 0-4 - LA
  • Emergency admissions for accidental poisoning in children aged 0-4 - LA
  • Emergency admissions due to inhalation of food or vomit (aged 0-4 years) - LA
  • Emergency admissions due to falls from furniture (aged 0-4 years) - LA
  • Emergency admissions due to hot tap water scalds (aged 0-4 years) - LA
  • Emergency admissions due to burns from food and hot fluids (aged 0-4 years) - LA
  • Emergency admissions due to poisoning from medicines (aged 0-4 years) - LA
  • Children aged 5 and under killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents - LA and CCG
  • Children aged 6-10 killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents - LA and CCG
  • Children aged 11-15 killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents - LA and CCG
  • Fatal casualties from road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Serious casualties from road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Slight casualties from road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Pedestrians killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Pedal cyclists killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Car occupants killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Percentage of pedestrians killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents taking place on a 30mph road (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Percentage of pedal cyclists killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents taking place on a 30mph road (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Percentage of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents taking place on a 30mph road (aged 0-24) - LA
  • Percentage of car occupants killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents taking place on a 30mph road (aged 0-24) - LA

February 2020

Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.

December 2019

National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) indicators have been updated to 2018/19 for local authorities, regions and England.

November 2019

Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:

  • Proportion of infants receiving a 6-8 week review
  • Proportion of children receiving a 12-month review
  • Proportion of children who received a 2-2½ year review
  • Proportion of children aged 2-2½yrs receiving ASQ-3 as part of the Healthy Child Programme or integrated review
  • Percentage of children at or above expected level of development in gross motor skills at 2-2½ years
  • Percentage of children at or above expected level of development in fine motor skills at 2-2½ years
  • Percentage of children at or above expected level of development in problem solving skills at 2-2½ years
  • Neonatal mortality and stillbirth rate
  • Key stage 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading
  • Key stage 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in writing
  • Key stage 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in maths
  • Key stage 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in science
  • Key stage 2 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.

Breastfeeding prevalence at 6-8 weeks after birth has been updated for 2017/18 due to an error in data submitted by Redbridge Council which has caused a statistically significant change in the England figure.

October 2019

New high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people released at England, regions and local authority level.

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