"Figure 8: Babies born in the White Other ethnic group continue to have the lowest infant mortality rate","" "Infant mortality rates by ethnicity in England and Wales, 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Infant – deaths of those aged under 1 year. 2. All others – Chinese, Other Asian, Other black, Other and all mixed groups. 3. Ethnic groups have been ordered by the total number of live births except for the All Other ethnic group, from largest to smallest." "Unit","Rate - infant deaths per 1,000 live births" "","" "","2006","2017" "White British","4.2","3.2" "White Other","3.2","2.6" "Pakistani","9.4","7.3" "Black-African","7.7","7" "Indian","4.1","4.7" "Bangladeshi","4.7","5.6" "Black-
Caribbean","9.3","5.8" "All Others","5.6","4.3"