Child and maternal health profiles: December 2024 update
Annual update of the child and maternal health profiles, including indicators for health in early pregnancy and birth outcomes, and for child educational outcomes.
Applies to England
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皇冠体育app child and maternal health profiles provide an overview of child and maternal health and wellbeing. 皇冠体育app profiles give data to inform planning for health and associated services for local populations. 皇冠体育appy are intended for use by local government and health service professionals.聽
Healthy pregnancy indicators which were initially produced in September 2020 have been updated using new definitions and an updated data source, the Maternity Services Dataset version 2.0. 皇冠体育app indicators cover the following topics in early pregnancy:聽
- early access to maternity care聽
- folic acid supplement use聽
- 蝉尘辞办颈苍驳听
- alcohol use聽
- drug misuse聽
- maternal obesity聽
皇冠体育appse indicators complement indicators on birth outcomes some of which have been updated:聽
- multiple births聽
- low birth weight and very low birth weight babies聽
- percentage of babies whose first feed is breast milk聽
皇冠体育app child education and attendance indicators which have also been updated are:聽
- persistent absentees in primary and secondary schools聽
- average attainment 8 score of children in care聽
- school age pupils with special educational needs聽
Data is presented at a national level, with most indicators also available at regional level and for upper tier local authorities. 皇冠体育app healthy pregnancy indicators are also available for integrated care boards (ICBs). 皇冠体育app indicators include information about inequalities.
Normally, this release would include an update of the indicator on free school meals uptake. This has been delayed and is anticipated to be released early next year. 皇冠体育app update on the percentage of babies whose first feed is breast milk includes a back series to 2019 and replaces previously published data.