Doncaster District : Infant Mortality Rate

R_INF_MORT = (INF_DEATHS:im * 1000.0) / BIRTH_TOT:total

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
INF_DEATHS:im 1861 RG_AR Annual Report Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1861 Counts for historical Registration Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1881 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1881 Counts for historical Registration Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1891 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1891 Counts for historical Registration Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1911 RG_AR Annual Report Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1911 Counts for historical Registration Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1931 RG_SR Statistical Review Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1931, Part I Counts for historical Local Government Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1951 RG_SR Statistical Review Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1951, Part I Counts for historical Local Government Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1961 RG_SR Statistical Review Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1961, Part I Counts for historical Local Government Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1971 RG_SR Statistical Review Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1971, Part I Counts for historical Local Government Districts redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 1981 to 2001 ONS_NS Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics Counts for historical wards redistricted by vector overlay
INF_DEATHS:im 2011 ONS_NS Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (Deaths Registered by Area of Usual Residence, UK) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
BIRTH_TOT:total 2011 ONS_NS Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (Birth Summary Tables - England and Wales) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
INF_DEATHS:im 2021 NOMIS NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
BIRTH_TOT:total 2021 NOMIS NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Live births in England and Wales down to local authority local area) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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Deaths per thousand live births. This is a good overall measure of the health of a population, although by the late twentieth century rates had become so low that just one death more or less could have a big impact on a district's relative performance.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Doncaster District through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Rate: Infant Mortality Rate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10202607/cube/INF_MORT

Date accessed: 08th April 2026