The number of unexplained infant deaths – or cot deaths – has been falling, provisional figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest.
There were 264 such deaths in 2007 across England and Wales, down 7% on the year before – which itself saw a significant fall in numbers.
The rate was highest among babies born outside [...]
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Sudden infant deaths ‘tumbling’
Population growth at 47-year high
The UK population grew by 408,000 in 2008 – the biggest increase for almost 50 years, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The total number of people passed 61m for the first time, with changes in birth and death rates now a bigger cause of growth than immigration.
The numbers of people arriving minus those leaving [...]
