2023 Child health profiles
Profiles providing an overview of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England.
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The child health profiles provide an overview of child health and wellbeing, in each local area in England.
The profiles can be used to:
- understand the needs of local communities
- improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people
- reduce health inequalities
The child health profiles are intended for use by local government and health service professionals. The snapshot reports for local authorities which include commentary and additional interpretation have been updated as well as indicators in the interactive profiles.
This release includes the annual update for indicators relating to:
- children in care and children in care immunisations
- hospital admissions for asthma (under 19 years), self-harm (various age groups) and mental health conditions
- teenage mothers
- educational outcomes at 16 years (average attainment 8 score)
- baby’s first feed breastmilk (new method)
- A&E attendances (0 to 4 years) (new method)
- school pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs
Some indicators which would usually be part of this release have not been updated:
- Children killed and seriously injured on England’s roads (various age groups), Hospital admissions due to substance misuse (15 to 24 years) and Hospital admissions for dental caries (0 to 5 years) are based on three-year pooled data. The Office for National Statistics is revising population estimates based on the Census and is yet to publish data for the relevant years. Further details of the effect of new population data on the updating of indicators were given in September 2022
- various indicators about children in care need further consideration based on the findings of a recent user feedback exercise. The key stage 2 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths indicator which would usually have been updated in the Child education: 2022 update and was instead expected to be updated as part of this release has not been updated for the same reason
- those for clinical commissioning groups following their closure in 2022
Correction notice
The England total and data for ethnicity at England level have been revised for the teenage mothers indicator for 2021 to 2022 data to include a small number of people who had an unknown residence recorded. There have been no changes to local or regional values.
Last updated 3 May 2023 + show all updates
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Added correction notice.
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First published.