"Figure 1: Infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates, 1985 to 2015 ","" "England and Wales ","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths occurring in a calendar year 2. Neonatal – deaths under 28 days. 3. Postneonatal – deaths between 28 days and 1 year. 4. Infant – deaths under 1 year. " "Unit","Rate per 1,000 live births" "","" "","Infant mortality","Neonatal mortality","Postneonatal mortality" "1985","9.4","5.4","4.0" "1986","9.6","5.3","4.3" "1987","9.2","5.1","4.1" "1988","9.0","4.9","4.1" "1989","8.4","4.8","3.7" "1990","7.9","4.6","3.3" "1991","7.4","4.4","3.0" "1992","6.6","4.3","2.3" "1993","6.3","4.2","2.1" "1994","6.2","4.1","2.1" "1995","6.1","4.2","2.0" "1996","6.1","4.1","2.0" "1997","5.9","3.9","2.0" "1998","5.7","3.8","1.9" "1999","5.8","3.9","1.9" "2000","5.6","3.9","1.7" "2001","5.4","3.6","1.9" "2002","5.2","3.6","1.7" "2003","5.3","3.6","1.7" "2004","5.0","3.5","1.6" "2005","5.0","3.4","1.6" "2006","5.0","3.5","1.5" "2007","4.7","3.3","1.5" "2008","4.6","3.2","1.4" "2009","4.5","3.1","1.4" "2010","4.3","2.9","1.3" "2011","4.2","2.9","1.2" "2012","4.0","2.8","1.2" "2013","3.8","2.7","1.2" "2014","3.6","2.5","1.1" "2015","3.7","2.6","1.1"