Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this:

The Guardian today:

The UK [sic] currently ranks 10th out of 38 OECD countries for infant mortality (deaths in children under the age of one), with four deaths recorded per 1,000 live births.

^{https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/02/targeted-support-could-reduce-infant-mortality-gap-across-england-study-finds}

The facts for Scotland:

Infant deaths down from 3.9 to 3.5 and neonatal down from 2.8 to 2.2:

^{https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2022}

4% is 14% highwer than 3.5%.

Under Scottish Labour until 2007 – 4.7 and 3.3.

Causes? SNP policies? More midwifes, more nurses, more home visitors etc.