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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 marriage where only the mother registered the birth.

What causes the deaths is unclear, but there are measures to reduce the risk.

These include putting a baby on its back to sleep, not smoking in the vicinity of the baby and not sharing a bed if the parent is very tired or has been drinking.

The majority of deaths were among babies of a normal birthweight – 2,500 grammes or 5.5lbs and above, and occurred between 28 days and one year of age.

At a rate of 1.42 per 1,000 live births, the rate among unmarried mothers registering the birth alone was eight times that of babies born within marriage.

For births inside and outside marriage – and where the baby was registered by both parents – the death rate among parents in the routine and manual occupations was twice that among those classified as managerial or professional.

Age was also a factor: rates were highest in mothers under 20, and fell the older she became.

There were also regional variations: the North East had the highest rate, at 0.66 per 1,000 births, and the East of England the lowest, at 0.32 per 1,000.

The figures include deaths described both as sudden infant deaths and those for which the cause is “unascertained” after a full investigation. ONS researchers said the terms were used interchangably by coroners.

Back to sleep

There is now suggestion that bacteria may have a role in sudden infant death, although the precise nature of any such relationship is unclear.

This has not changed the advice issued to new parents, and recently updated by the Department of Health.

“This decrease is great news and hopefully shows that we are successfully reaching parents on how to reduce the risk of cot death,” said Joyce Epstein, chief executive of The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.

“Nevertheless, these figures show that single mums, those under 20, are four times more likely to have a cot death than mothers over 24.”

The charity is launching a new social networking site aimed at young parents next month, offering support and advice on safe sleep.

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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 actually fell by 44%.

Minister Phil Woolas said migrants were coming for short periods, contributing to the economy and then going home.

The UK population grew more in 2008 than at any time since 1962, when it rose by 484,000.

Latest ONS figures also show:

* There are now a record 1.3 million people aged over 85, making up 2% of the total
* There were 791,000 babies born in 2008, an increase of 33,000 on 2007
* Half of that increase were to women born overseas, but living in the UK
* The population is now growing by 0.7% a year, more than double the rate in the 1990s and three times the level of the 1980s.

‘Shambolic’

Overall, 118,000 more people arrived in the UK than left in 2008 – the lowest level since EU enlargement.

Mr Woolas said this fall in net migration was proof that “only those that Britain needs can come” into the country.

“Britain’s borders are stronger than ever before. Our border controls in northern France are stopping record numbers of migrants reaching our shores – 28,000 in 2008,” he said.

“The British people can be confident that immigration is under control.”

But opposition parties disagreed. The Liberal Democrats called the immigration system “shambolic,” saying the true number of new arrivals could be much higher because of “the continuing lack of control over our borders”.

Shadow immigration minister Damian Green said: “This puts added pressure on housing and transport, and shows that there is still no proper control over immigration numbers.”

Campaign group MigrationWatch UK also dismissed Mr Woolas’ claims.

“It is the usual government spin to claim these numbers as a success for immigration policy despite the fact that foreign immigration is virtually unchanged at about half a million a year,” chairman Sir Andrew Green told the BBC.

“What has really happened is that EU citizens have voted with their feet – the number leaving has doubled in the face of the deep recession in Britain.”

Sir Andrew also said the government’s points-based system to control non-EU immigration had so far “had very little effect”.

‘Scaremongering’

Tim Finch from the left-leaning think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, said migration tended to work in cycles.

“It is now declining sharply – almost certainly because of a combination of the economic downturn, the short term nature of much migration from new EU countries, and the impact of stronger controls put in place by the government,” he said.

“There has been a lot of irresponsible scaremongering about immigration in recent years which was based on the false assumption that high migration was inevitable for years to come.”

But Labour MP Frank Field and Tory Nicholas Soames, members the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, issued a joint statement saying the fall in net migration may well be temporary.

“Even at the present level of immigration, we are still on target for the UK’s population to exceed 70 million within 25 years,” they said.

“There are no laurels to rest on. The need for firm measures on immigration is unchanged. The public clearly understand this.”

Donna Covey from the Refugee Council said the government had to keep the door open to genuine asylum seekers.

“We must make sure that the focus on strengthening Britain’s borders does not prevent people fleeing for their lives from getting to safety here in the UK,” she said.

Courtesy of news.bbc.co.uk