Demographic characteristics of children born between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2021 by vulnerability status
| None (n=2 773 420; 72.7%) | LBW/preterm only (n=280 667; 7.4%) | CC only (n=311 101; 8.25) | Both (n=83 283; 2.2%) | Missing (n=364 994; 9.6%) | Total (n=3 813 465) | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 1 406 322 | 50.7 | 134 871 | 48.1 | 183 964 | 59.1 | 46 304 | 55.6 | 183 986 | 50.4 | 1 955 447 | 51.3 |
| Female | 1 366 276 | 49.3 | 145 481 | 51.8 | 127 006 | 40.8 | 36 860 | 44.3 | 180 806 | 49.5 | 1 856 429 | 48.7 |
| Missing | 822 | 0.03 | 315 | 0.1 | 131 | 0.04 | 119 | 0.1 | 202 | 0.1 | 1589 | 0.04 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Infants | 400 330 | 14.4 | 36 445 | 13.0 | 27 641 | 8.9 | 8317 | 10.0 | 80 502 | 22.1 | 553 235 | 14.5 |
| 1–4 years old | 2 373 090 | 85.6 | 244 222 | 87.0 | 283 460 | 91.1 | 74 966 | 90.0 | 284 492 | 77.9 | 3 260 230 | 85.5 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 1 958 159 | 70.6 | 184 525 | 65.8 | 228 023 | 73.3 | 58 366 | 70.1 | 227 775 | 62.4 | 2 656 848 | 69.7 |
| Black/black British | 126 067 | 4.5 | 15 477 | 5.5 | 14 150 | 4.6 | 4681 | 5.6 | 14 924 | 4.1 | 175 299 | 4.6 |
| Asian/Asian British | 295 850 | 10.7 | 41 516 | 14.8 | 33 610 | 10.8 | 10 857 | 13.0 | 36 159 | 9.9 | 417 992 | 11.0 |
| Any other ethnic groups | 239 079 | 8.6 | 24 085 | 8.6 | 25 135 | 8.1 | 6633 | 8.0 | 34 579 | 9.5 | 329 511 | 8.6 |
| Missing | 154 265 | 5.6 | 15 064 | 5.4 | 10 183 | 3.3 | 2746 | 3.3 | 51 557 | 14.1 | 233 815 | 6.1 |
| IMD | ||||||||||||
| Q1 (most deprived) | 668 113 | 24.1 | 83 204 | 29.7 | 89 425 | 28.7 | 27 254 | 32.7 | 71 436 | 19.6 | 939 432 | 24.6 |
| Q2 | 550 124 | 19.8 | 60 337 | 21.5 | 67 853 | 21.8 | 18 629 | 22.4 | 62 541 | 17.1 | 759 484 | 19.9 |
| Q3 | 468 995 | 16.9 | 45 794 | 16.3 | 55 924 | 18.0 | 14 117 | 17.0 | 55 868 | 15.3 | 640 698 | 16.8 |
| Q4 | 413 514 | 14.9 | 37 446 | 13.3 | 47 670 | 15.3 | 11 287 | 13.6 | 47 604 | 13.0 | 557 521 | 14.6 |
| Q5 (least deprived) | 400 528 | 14.4 | 34 530 | 12.3 | 43 052 | 13.8 | 10 119 | 12.2 | 35 619 | 9.8 | 523 848 | 13.7 |
| Missing | 272 146 | 9.8 | 19 356 | 6.9 | 7177 | 2.3 | 1877 | 2.3 | 91 926 | 25.2 | 392 482 | 10.3 |
| Birth year | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 457 046 | 16.5 | 46 590 | 16.6 | 68 814 | 22.1 | 16 021 | 19.2 | 55 578 | 15.2 | 644 049 | 16.9 |
| 2016 | 471 324 | 17.0 | 49 020 | 17.5 | 63 505 | 20.4 | 16 042 | 19.3 | 44 186 | 12.1 | 644 077 | 16.9 |
| 2017 | 465 975 | 16.8 | 49 358 | 17.6 | 55 396 | 17.8 | 15 096 | 18.1 | 45 863 | 12.6 | 631 688 | 16.6 |
| 2018 | 443 438 | 16.0 | 47 406 | 16.9 | 47 628 | 15.3 | 13 730 | 16.5 | 56 695 | 15.5 | 608 897 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | 431 854 | 15.6 | 41 713 | 14.9 | 40 107 | 12.9 | 11 646 | 14.0 | 65 828 | 18.0 | 591 148 | 15.5 |
| 2020 | 409 956 | 14.8 | 38 128 | 13.6 | 30 598 | 9.8 | 9341 | 11.2 | 77 409 | 21.2 | 565 432 | 14.8 |
| 2021 | 93 827 | 3.4 | 8452 | 3.0 | 5053 | 1.6 | 1407 | 1.7 | 19 435 | 5.3 | 128 174 | 3.4 |
CC, chronic conditions; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; LBW, low birth weight.