Death rates of male and female infants by mother’s country of birth, England and Wales, 1996-8
 

Mother's country of birth	No of live births		No of infant deaths		Infant mortality per 1000 live births		Odds ratio
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Female:male	95% CI
United Kingdom:	858 282	815 237	5429	4026	6.33	4.94	0.78	0.75 to 0.81	0.81
England and Wales	839 481	797 168	5321	3934	6.34	4.93	0.78	0.75 to 0.81	0.81
Scotland	14 138	13 593	80	68	5.66	5.00	0.88	0.64 to 1.22	1.22
Northern Ireland	4123	3958	25	20	6.06	5.05	0.83	0.46 to 1.50	1.50
Europe outside United Kingdom:	130 184	123 780	931	798	7.15	6.45	0.90	0.82 to 0.99	0.99
Irish Republic	7366	7164	55	33	7.47	4.61	0.62	0.40 to 0.95	0.95
Other European Union	15 189	14 347	84	62	5.53	4.32	0.78	0.56 to 1.08	1.08
Rest of Europe	6212	5739	29	30	4.67	5.23	1.12	0.67 to 1.86	1.86
Commonwealth:
Australia, Canada, New Zealand	5082	4803	20	23	3.94	4.79	1.22	0.67 to 2.21	2.21
New Commonwealth	70 669	67 337	604	525	8.55	7.80	0.91	0.81 to 1.02	1.021.02
Bangladesh	10 947	10 714	80	66	7.31	6.16	0.84	0.61 to 1.17	1.17
India	10 194	9469	56	52	5.49	5.49	1.00	0.69 to 1.46	1.46
Pakistan	19 503	18 444	213	219	10.92	11.87	1.09	0.90 to 1.31	1.31
East Africa	7413	6940	45	35	6.07	5.04	0.83	0.53 to 1.29	1.29
Southern Africa	1897	1829	9	7	4.74	3.83	0.81	0.30 to 2.16	2.16
Rest of Africa	9605	9375	119	80	12.39	8.53	0.69	0.52 to 0.91	0.91
Far East	2806	2578	12	11	4.28	4.27	1.00	0.44 to 2.26	2.26
Mediterranean	2331	2173	19	14	8.15	6.44	0.79	0.40 to 1.57	1.57
Caribbean	4012	3930	41	34	10.22	8.65	0.85	0.54 to 1.33	1.33
Rest of New Commonwealth	1961	1885	10	7	5.10	3.71	0.73	0.28 to 1.91	1.91
Rest of the world and not stated	25 666	24 390	139	125	5.42	5.13	0.95	0.74 to 1.20	1.20
All	988 466	939 017	6360	4824	6.43	5.14	0.80	0.77 to 0.83	0.83

Source: Office for National Statistics (unpublished).