"Figure 7: Increase in infant mortality rates for higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations NS-SEC groups since 2015","" "Infant mortality rate by grouped National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) classes for England and Wales, 2011 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. We have used a combined method for reporting NS-SEC for birth statistics (using the most advantaged NS-SEC of either parent and creating a household-level classification rather than just using the father’s classification). 2. In 2011, NS-SEC was rebased on the new Standard Occupational Classification (SOC2010). Compared with the SOC2000 NS-SEC a number of changes have resulted [(Rose and Pevalin, 2010)](https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160128214835/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/soc2010/rebasing-the-ns-sec-on-soc2010.pdf), consequently figures for 2011 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years. 3. More information about NS-SEC and the three-class grouping can be found [here](https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/otherclassifications/thenationalstatisticssocioeconomicclassificationnssecrebasedonsoc2010)." "Unit","Rate - infant deaths per 1,000 live births" "","" "","Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations","Intermediate occupations","Routine and manual occupations" "2011","3.1","3.9","4.8" "2012","3","3.8","4.6" "2013","2.8","3.6","4.5" "2014","2.7","3.5","4.3" "2015","2.6","3.7","4.5" "2016","2.7","3.5","4.8" "2017","2.9","3.7","4.7" "2018","2.9","3.6","4.6"