PHE carries out regular user engagement activities to make sure child health profiles continue to meet the changing needs of stakeholders, including a user survey every two years. In 2021, we are especially keen to hear from users about proposed changes to the timing and frequency of updates and methods for the smoking at the time of delivery indicator. Please complete the survey which should take approximately 5 minutes unless you wish to give more detailed feedback. It will close on Friday 24 September.
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:
Improving health outcomes for vulnerable children and young people
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.
You can compare areas to a range of comparators within the profiles. For each local authority this includes the 'closest 4' children's services statistical neighbours. More information on these is available here.
A range of resources are available on the impacts of COVID-19 on health are available, including the Wider Impacts of COVID-19 on Health (WICH) monitoring tool providing a wide range of national indicators by age group.
If you have a query about any of the content of this tool, or would like to contact the team please contact us.
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. |
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. |
Proportion of New Birth Visits (NBVs) completed within 14 days (Early years topic): Since publication in November 2020, Lewisham Council has identified errors in the new birth visits within 14 days data it submitted to Public Health England (PHE) for 2019 to 2020 data. This error has caused a statistically significant change in the health visiting data for 2019 to 2020 for Lewisham, and so PHE has updated and reissued the 2019/20 data for Lewisham, London region and England.
The high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people have been updated for England, regions and local authority level.
New high impact area summaries for Maternity have also been produced for England, regions and local authority level.
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Several indicators related to injuries have also been updated in the Unintentional injuries in and around the home and Unintentional injuries on the roads reports for each local authority.
The 2021 Child Health Profile PDF snapshot reports are now available here.
These indicators have also been updated in the interactive child and maternal health profiles for local authorities. Equivalent indicators for CCGs and other supplementary indicators have also been updated.
The children in low income families indicator has been replaced by two new indicators:
The family homelessness indicator has been replaced by a new indicator:
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
The high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people have also been updated for England, regions and local authority level.
New indicators for smoking, obesity, early access to maternity services, folic acid supplement use and alcohol and drug misuse in early pregnancy based on data from the Maternity Services Dataset version 1.5 have been added to the Pregnancy and Birth domain. Data is presented at a national level, with most indicators also available at regional level and for upper tier local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and local maternity systems. The indicators include information about inequalities.
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.
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:
The following indicators have been updated in the unintentional injuries domain:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) indicators have been updated to 2018/19 for local authorities, regions and England.
Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
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.
New high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people released at England, regions and local authority level.
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:
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.
A new report relating to speech, language and communication is available from the Reports tab or from the link in the introduction.
A new indicator has been added to the Early years and School-age children: Primary domains:
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
The 2019 Child Health Profiles are now available here.
Child Health Profile indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators relating to School age children and Young people have been updated with the most recent data, including:
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.
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.
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:
Other indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
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Proportion of New Birth Visits (NBVs) completed within 14 days (Early years topic): Since publication in November 2020, Lewisham Council has identified errors in the new birth visits within 14 days data it submitted to Public Health England (PHE) for 2019 to 2020 data. This error has caused a statistically significant change in the health visiting data for 2019 to 2020 for Lewisham, and so PHE has updated and reissued the 2019/20 data for Lewisham, London region and England.
The high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people have been updated for England, regions and local authority level.
New high impact area summaries for Maternity have also been produced for England, regions and local authority level.
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Several indicators related to injuries have also been updated in the Unintentional injuries in and around the home and Unintentional injuries on the roads reports for each local authority.
The 2021 Child Health Profile PDF snapshot reports are now available here.
These indicators have also been updated in the interactive child and maternal health profiles for local authorities. Equivalent indicators for CCGs and other supplementary indicators have also been updated.
The children in low income families indicator has been replaced by two new indicators:
The family homelessness indicator has been replaced by a new indicator:
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
The following indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
The high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people have also been updated for England, regions and local authority level.
New indicators for smoking, obesity, early access to maternity services, folic acid supplement use and alcohol and drug misuse in early pregnancy based on data from the Maternity Services Dataset version 1.5 have been added to the Pregnancy and Birth domain. Data is presented at a national level, with most indicators also available at regional level and for upper tier local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and local maternity systems. The indicators include information about inequalities.
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.
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:
The following indicators have been updated in the unintentional injuries domain:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) indicators have been updated to 2018/19 for local authorities, regions and England.
Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
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.
New high impact area summaries for Early years and Young people released at England, regions and local authority level.
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:
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.
A new report relating to speech, language and communication is available from the Reports tab or from the link in the introduction.
A new indicator has been added to the Early years and School-age children: Primary domains:
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
The 2019 Child Health Profiles are now available here.
Child Health Profile indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators from the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated this month, a full list of indicators with new data is available.
Several indicators have been updated with the most recent data:
Indicators relating to School age children and Young people have been updated with the most recent data, including:
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.
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.
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:
Other indicators which have been updated with the most recent data:
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